boke

See also: Boke, bókè, bokë, and Böke

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Possibily a variation of poke, or a blend of butt +‎ poke.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -əʊk

Verb

boke (third-person singular simple present bokes, present participle boking, simple past and past participle boked)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, Britain dialectal) To thrust or push out; butt; poke.
  2. (intransitive) To retch or vomit.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈboːkə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -oːkə
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ke

Noun

boke n (plural bokes)

  1. Diminutive of bo

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

boke

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼけ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ボケ

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bōc.

Noun

boke

  1. Alternative form of booke

Etymology 2

From Old English bucca.

Noun

boke

  1. Alternative form of bukke

Novial

Noun

boke c (plural bokes)

  1. mouth

Scots

Alternative forms

Verb

boke

  1. to vomit

Walloon

Etymology

From Latin bucca.

Noun

boke f (plural bokes)

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Synonyms
  • boutche

See also
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