springbok
noun
a gazelle, Antidorcas marsupialis, of southern Africa, noted for its habit of springing into the air when alarmed.
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[spring-bok]
/ ˈsprɪŋˌbɒk /
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springboks,
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springbok
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Springbok
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/ ˈsprɪŋˌbʌk, -ˌbɒk /
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springbok
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/ ˈsprɪŋˌbʌk /
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They afford an opportunity for people from all backgrounds to encounter a range of animals, from drone bees to springbok or salmon, to better understand the natural world we live in.
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2021
Early in the mornings, out riding my horse, I imagined her dreaming of turquoise water and the taste of springbok.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2014
Watched a cheetah hunt down and catch a springbok this morning..
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2011
Who would win in a fight between a lion and a springbok?
From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2010
I left Mrs. Hauser sitting in her silky purple cloud under the springbok so that she didn’t have to battle her arthritis just to walk me to the door.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
Cleary Gottlieb bought legal-tech firm Springbok AI, bringing a team of AI engineers in-house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
England stemmed the haemorrhaging of points at the other end, however - perhaps helped by some understandable Springbok complacency - and briefly crowbarred their way back into the contest.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Scotland international Doddie Weir and former Springbok Joost van der Westhuizen also died with the condition.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
Favre made it a double for La Rochelle and there were further tries from Aleksandre Kuntelia and former Springbok full-back Dillyn Leyds.
From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025
“Listening to Springbok radio is an excellent way of learning how to speak English,” he said.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
Witek finds giraffes, rhinos, hippos, baboons, one nasty-looking crocodile, wart hogs, kudus, wildebeest, mongooses, zebras, springboks, impalas but only a trace of lions — a half-eaten elephant carcass alongside a pond.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2010
All the springboks playing baseball, the pandas who controlled the big wooden slides, even the nerdy pangolins who played D&D in the shade of the library.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
Those who remained on land rushed wildly hither and thither, at intervals bounding up like springboks, all the while sawing the air with their arms to an accompaniment of dolorous cries.
From The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
The antelopes, driven by Klaas and Jan, would come their way; springboks certainly would; and then, “crack! crack!” would go the rifles, and “bang!”
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
They are fleeter than springboks, and also more shy and wary, as though they knew that their spoils are more valuable to the hunter, and therefore required greater skill and speed to preserve them.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
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