Definitions for knobkerrie

knobkerrie knob·ker·rie

Spelling: [nob-ker-ee]
IPA: /ˈnɒbˌkɛr i/

Knobkerrie is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 225 anagrams from letters in knobkerrie (beeikknorr).

Definitions for knobkerrie

noun

  1. a short, heavy wooden club with a knob on one end, used especially by native peoples of South Africa for striking and throwing.

Origin of knobkerrie

1835-45; Afrikaans knopkierie, equivalent to knop knob + kierie, said to be Khoikhoi kirri, keeri stick

Examples for knobkerrie

He was armed with nothing but a knobkerrie, with which he struck and parried with lightning-like rapidity.

His left hand bore his assegais and knobkerrie beneath the great dappled ox-hide shield; and in his right a yellow walking-staff.

knobkerrie, nob′ker-i, n. a round-headed stick used as a club and a missile by the Kafirs.

An assegai or knobkerrie would do the trick just as well, and make no noise about it.

Word Value for knobkerrie
Scrable

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Words with friends

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