borak

noun

bor·​ak

ˈbȯrək,

ˈbär-

Australia

: fun, ridicule

—used especially in the phrase poke borak at

one of the crowd was poking borak and said something pretty bad to him

—Blackwood's

Word History

Etymology

native name in New South Wales, Australia

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