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bukh

American  
[book] / bʊk /

verb (used without object)

  1. to prate or brag.


noun

  1. small talk; prattle; bragging.

Etymology

Origin of bukh

From the Hindi word bak talk

Example Sentences

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Though if Mervyn did come out I’d be jolly glad to see him, and have a cheery old bukh together again—and a little shikar.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram

It wasn’t a thing to bukh about, he declared, nor could he understand how that fellow Haslam could bukh about nothing else.

From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

We won't ask you for your story now; however, later on, you shall bukh to your heart's content.

From My Strangest Case by Boothby, Guy

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