bokking — meaning in English
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English meaning
- buckling noun The structural failure of a material or beam that bends, bulges, or kinks under pressure instead of holding straight, often just before it collapses.
- red herring noun Something introduced into an argument, investigation or story that draws attention away from the real issue, whether by accident or on purpose.
Senses
bokking is used for these senses in English:
- buckling Smoked herring.
- red herring A herring that is cured in smoke and brine strong enough to turn the flesh red; a typeof kipper.
buckling — full definition
- noun The structural failure of a material or beam that bends, bulges, or kinks under pressure instead of holding straight, often just before it collapses.
- noun The act of fastening something with a buckle.
- noun A young male goat, roughly one to two years old.
red herring — full definition
- noun Something introduced into an argument, investigation or story that draws attention away from the real issue, whether by accident or on purpose.
- noun In logic and debate, a fallacy in which an irrelevant point is raised to divert an argument from the question being addressed.
- noun A herring cured by smoking and salting until it turns reddish-brown.