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tumbok

Pronunciation: /tumˈbok/

“tumbok” is a Tagalog word. Its 9 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. hit dead center; directly hit (such as a bullseye hit)
  2. absolutely correct (of an answer)
  3. struck by a pointed object
  4. struck or hit in passing (e.g. a standing vehicle hit by a passing car)
  5. hit by a second ball

noun

  1. direct hit or strike
  2. strike or hit with the end of a pointed object
  3. strike in passing; collision (e.g. a standing vehicle hit by a passing car)
  4. act of striking a ball or cue piece with the cue

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tumbuk (“punch; hit”), from *tum- + *-buk (cf. Malay tumbuk).

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