Meaning of boko | Babel Free
/ˈbəʊ.kəʊ/Definitions
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The nose. Australia, West-Midlands, dated
- A people of Benin and Nigeria.
- A member of the Boko people.
- Boko Haram.
- A town in Niangoloko Department, Comoé Province, in southwestern Burkina Faso.
- A district in the Pool region of southeastern Republic of the Congo.
- The Latin script alphabet used for the Hausa language.
- A Mande language spoken by the Boko people.
Examples
“[…] the way he hid the Pernod card and bumped me on the boko when I tried to have a dekko at it proves that.”
“He sang Landor's lines in a quavering falsetto, then broke raucously into the schoolboy battle-cry of "Hit him on the boko, hit him on the boko, Jericho!"”
“He let out a yell, his eyes watering from the punch on the boko.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.