reebok

reebok (plural reeboks)

1. Alternative spelling of rhebok
   • 1905, Bertram Mitford, A Frontier Mystery (page 106)

     A reebok was tied behind his saddle and Jan Boom was carrying the carcase of a klipspringer, and a few unconsidered trifles in the way of partridges.

From Dutch reebok, from Middle Dutch reeboc. Equivalent to ree (“roe”) +‎ bok (“goat, antelope”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪə̯.bɔk/

reebok (plural reebokke)

1. roe

From Middle Dutch reeboc. Equivalent to ree (“roe”) +‎ bok (“buck”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈreː.bɔk/

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• Hyphenation: ree‧bok

reebok m (plural reebokken, diminutive reebokje n)

1. roebuck
2. (obsolete, South Africa) An antelope native to southern Africa.