• Bok

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -É’k

    Origin 1

    From Afrikaans bok

    Full definition of bok

    Adjective

    bok

    1. (South Africa, slang) keen or willing."Do you want to go to the movies?" "Ja, I'm bok."

    Origin 2

    Imitative.

    Interjection

    1. The clucking sound of a chicken.
      • 2000, William S Pollack, Todd Shuster, Real boys' voicesAnd he says, "Chicken! Bok bok bok bok!" One time I got up and put the controller down and we started fighting.
      • 2004, Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle, An introduction to literature, criticism and theorySo the librarian gives the chicken a book. The chicken goes away, but comes back the next day, goes up to the librarian's desk and says: 'Bok, bok!'

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