sjambok

American  

[sham-bok, -buhk] / ʃæmˈbɒk, -ˈbʌk /

noun

1. (in southern Africa) a heavy whip, usually of rhinoceros hide.

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verb (used with object)

1. to whip with or as if with such a whip.

sjambok British  

/ -bɒk, ˈʃæmbʌk /

noun

1. a heavy whip of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide

2. a stiff synthetic version of this, used in crowd control

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verb

1. (tr) to strike or beat with such a whip

Etymology

Origin of sjambok

1820–30; < Afrikaans s ( j ) ambok < Malay cambuk whip < Hindi cābuk

Example Sentences

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sjambok

All at once there flashed before Jasmine's eyes the picture of Rudyard driving Krool out of the house in Park Lane with a sjambok.

From The Judgment House by Parker, Gilbert

The sjambok dear to the Boer soul is that made out of rhinoceros hide.

From Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front by Hales, A. G. (Alfred Greenwood)

I thought, maybe, there was some stray cattle beyond, and I set off after him with the sjambok.

From Tales from the Veld by Glanville, Ernest

It was the day that Rudyard Byng drove Krool into Park Lane with the sjambok.

From The Judgment House by Parker, Gilbert

The baboon had then taken refuge in its box on top of the pole to escape the sjambok, and when Seedling saw Jock come out he commenced whistling and calling softly to him.

From Jock of the Bushveld by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir