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Webster 1913 Edition


Boke

Boke

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
To poke; to thrust.
[Obs. or Dial.]

Definition 2024


Boke

Boke

See also: boke, bókè, bokë, and Böke

Translingual

Proper noun

Boke

  1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Norman Hill Boke (1913-).

boke

boke

See also: Boke, bókè, bokë, and Böke

English

Alternative forms

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.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Noun

boke n (plural bokes)

  1. Diminutive of bo

Anagrams


Japanese

Romanization

boke

  1. rōmaji reading of ぼけ
  2. rōmaji reading of ボケ

Novial

Noun

boke (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