Definition of bakkie in English:
bakkie
nounPlural bakkies ˈbakiˈbʌki
South African 1A light truck or pickup truck.
Example sentencesExamples
- Sales of new light commercial vehicles, bakkies and minibuses had also maintained strong upward momentum.
- There are many factors that give us a high pedestrian death toll as there are for those killed when travelling in cars, bakkies, taxis, buses and on the backs of open trucks.
- Three people died and six others were injured when a bakkie and a truck collided outside Stutterheim yesterday afternoon.
- They were especially successful in sales of bakkies (pick-ups).
- Timm attempted to block the gateway with his bakkie as the police car transporting the accused tried to leave through the court gate.
Synonyms
lorry, articulated lorry, heavy goods vehicle, juggernaut
2A small basin or other container.
Example sentencesExamples
- Back at camp we enjoyed lovely showers (OK, the manual pick-up-a-bakkie-of-water-out-the-drum-and-throw-it over-your-head shower).
Origin
Afrikaans, from bak 'container' + the diminutive suffix -ie.