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

There was the sjambok I had forgotten still lying on the window sill.

From Prester John by Buchan, John

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

He emerged lighting a cigar, and sjambok in hand, returned to the orderly room.

From Witch-Doctors by Beadle, Charles

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

With legs as stiff as his sjambok, Sergeant Schultz obeyed the order; lifted the glass and drank.

From Witch-Doctors by Beadle, Charles