BOKE

Etymology

Verb

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

(ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To thrust or push out; butt; poke.

(intransitive) To retch or vomit.

Anagrams

• Kobe, Kōbe

Source: Wiktionary


Boke, v. t. & i.

Definition: To poke; to thrust. [Obs. or Dial.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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