kob

American  

[kob, kohb] / kɒb, koʊb /

noun

1. an African antelope, Kobus kob, related to the puku and the lechwe.

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kob British  

/ kɒb /

noun

1. any of several species of African antelope, esp Kobus kob: similar to waterbucks

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Etymology

Origin of kob

1765–75; said to be < Wolof koba

Example Sentences

Kob kob kob, It is I, the little owl, Nim be e zhau.

From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Walworth, Ellen H.

There are new bright red shoes, and old tattered shoes, and kob kobs, and black shoes, and sometimes yellow shoes.

From The Women of the Arabs by Robinson, Charles S. (Charles Seymour)

The kob kobs are wooden clogs made to raise the feet out of the mud and water, having a little strap over the toe to keep it on the foot.

From The Women of the Arabs by Robinson, Charles S. (Charles Seymour)

Korn has got one thing that noboddy else has got, and that iz a kob.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.

Take away from me all vanity, but grant that mi Sunday panterloons may fit me, even az korn fitteth the kob.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.