roodebok
noun
roo·de·bok
ˈrüdəˌbäk
plural roodebok or roodeboks
1
: impala
2
: a reddish duikerbok (Cephalophus patalensis)
Word History
Etymology
Afrikaans rooibok (previously spelled roodebok), from rooi red (from Middle Dutch root, rood) + bok male goat, male antelope, from Middle Dutch boc male goat; akin to Old English rēad red and to Old English buc, bucca male goat
First Known Use
1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- pick up speed
- pick up speed/momentum
- pick up steam
- pick up the bill
- pick up the check
- pick up the cudgels for
- pick up the gauntlet
- pick up the pace
- pick up the pieces
- pick up the slack
- pick up the tab
- pick up the tab/bill/check
- pick up the threads
- pick your poison
- pick'n'mix
- pick-and-mix
- pick-and-pick
- pick-and-roll
- pick-and-shovel
- pick-can
- pick-mattock
- pick-me-up
- pick-me-ups
- pick-six
- pick-up baler