Definizione monolingua

sjambok

sjambok (third-person singular simple present sjamboks, present participle sjambokking, simple past and past participle sjambokked)

1. (transitive) To whip with a sjambok; to horsewhip.

sjambok (plural sjamboks)

1. A stout whip, especially made of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide.
   • 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:

     Foppl stood holding a sjambok or cattle whip of giraffe hide, tapping the handle against his leg in a steady, syncopated figure.

   • 1989, United States Congress Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on African Affairs, United States Policy Toward South Africa: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on African Affairs, page 333:

     If dialogue is ever to have a chance, South Africans must find a way to turn away from violence in all its forms — the brutal violence of the sjambok

   • 2006 May 13/14, Weekend Argus, page 1:

     Police arrested almost 40 locals yesterday after a crowd took part in illegal marches and refused to disperse. The locals were armed with sticks, sjamboks and other weapons.

Definizione dizionario sjambok

Altri significati:

(transitive) To whip with a sjambok; to horsewhip.

A stout whip, especially made of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide.