kob

[ kob, kohb ]

/ kɒb, koʊb /

noun

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

Nearby words

ko, koa, koala, koan, koap, kob, kobarid, kobe, kobe beef, koblenz, kobo

Origin of kob

1765–75; said to be < Wolof koba

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Examples from the Web for kob

Said the terrified one from Kob, "It does not mean that you must quit the earths and the heavens—"
The Way of the Gods|John Luther Long
From where I stood looking at them hartebeest, kob, waterbuck, and oribi were also all in sight.
A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open|Theodore Roosevelt
Korn has got one thing that noboddy else has got, and that iz a kob.
The Complete Works of Josh Billings|Henry W. Shaw
Coble, Cobble, kob′l, n. a small flat-bottomed fishing-boat.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various

Take away from me all vanity, but grant that mi Sunday panterloons may fit me, even az korn fitteth the kob.
The Complete Works of Josh Billings|Henry W. Shaw

British Dictionary definitions for kob

kob

/ (kɒb) /

noun

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

Word Origin for kob

C20: from a Niger-Congo language; compare Wolof koba, Fulani kōba

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