springbuck

[ spring-buhk ]

noun,plural spring·bucks, (especially collectively) spring·buck.

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How to use springbuck in a sentence

  • Can I shoot an elephant backwards over my shoulder with a rifle meant for springbuck?

    The Ivory Child | H. Rider Haggard
  • It was a very pleasant room, furnished in European style, and carpeted with mats made of springbuck skins.

    Jess | H. Rider Haggard
  • Nearer to them again, dotted about here and there on the plain, were a couple of dozen or so of graceful yellow springbuck.

    Jess | H. Rider Haggard
  • For instance, in one case, while two gallant Nimrods were in the act of stalking a splendid springbuck, their chargers made off.

  • They leap high in the air, like the springbuck, when on the move.