sjam·bok (shăm-bŏk′, -bŭk′ ) South African n. A heavy whip, usually made of animal hide.
[Afrikaans, from Malay cambuk , whip , from Hindi and Urdu cābuk , from Persian čābuk , horse whip , probably specialized use of čābuk , quick, swift , from Middle Persian čābuk , probably from Old Iranian * cāpukaka- , perhaps of imitative origin .]
sjambok (ˈʃæmbʌk; in South Africa -bɒk ) n 1. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a heavy whip of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide
2. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a stiff synthetic version of this, used in crowd control
vb ,
-boks ,
-bokking or -bokked (tr ) to strike or beat with such a whip
[C19: from Afrikaans, from Malay samboq, chamboq, from Urdu chābuk ]
sjambok Past participle: sjambokkedGerund: sjambokkingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Present I sjambok you sjambok he/she/it sjamboks we sjambok you sjambok they sjambok
Preterite I sjambokked you sjambokked he/she/it sjambokked we sjambokked you sjambokked they sjambokked
Present Continuous I am sjambokking you are sjambokking he/she/it is sjambokking we are sjambokking you are sjambokking they are sjambokking
Present Perfect I have sjambokked you have sjambokked he/she/it has sjambokked we have sjambokked you have sjambokked they have sjambokked
Past Continuous I was sjambokking you were sjambokking he/she/it was sjambokking we were sjambokking you were sjambokking they were sjambokking
Past Perfect I had sjambokked you had sjambokked he/she/it had sjambokked we had sjambokked you had sjambokked they had sjambokked
Future I will sjambok you will sjambok he/she/it will sjambok we will sjambok you will sjambok they will sjambok
Future Perfect I will have sjambokked you will have sjambokked he/she/it will have sjambokked we will have sjambokked you will have sjambokked they will have sjambokked
Future Continuous I will be sjambokking you will be sjambokking he/she/it will be sjambokking we will be sjambokking you will be sjambokking they will be sjambokking
Present Perfect Continuous I have been sjambokking you have been sjambokking he/she/it has been sjambokking we have been sjambokking you have been sjambokking they have been sjambokking
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been sjambokking you will have been sjambokking he/she/it will have been sjambokking we will have been sjambokking you will have been sjambokking they will have been sjambokking
Past Perfect Continuous I had been sjambokking you had been sjambokking he/she/it had been sjambokking we had been sjambokking you had been sjambokking they had been sjambokking
Conditional I would sjambok you would sjambok he/she/it would sjambok we would sjambok you would sjambok they would sjambok
Past Conditional I would have sjambokked you would have sjambokked he/she/it would have sjambokked we would have sjambokked you would have sjambokked they would have sjambokked