tumbok

• Hyphenation: tum‧bok
• IPA^(key): /tumˈbok/ [tumˈbok]

tumbók

1. alternative form of tambak

• tomboc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tumbuk (“punch; hit”) (cf. Malay tumbuk).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tumˈbok/ [t̪ʊmˈbok̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: tum‧bok

tumbók (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜃ᜔)

1. hit dead center; directly hit (such as a bullseye hit)

   Synonyms: tama, tukoy, deretso, eksakto

2. (by extension, usually hyperbolic) absolutely correct (of an answer)
3. struck by a pointed object

   Synonyms: sundot, dutdot, duro

4. struck or hit in passing (e.g. a standing vehicle hit by a passing car)
5. (billiards, pool) hit by a second ball

• karambola

tumbók (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜃ᜔)

1. direct hit or strike

   Synonym: tama

2. strike or hit with the end of a pointed object
3. strike in passing; collision (e.g. a standing vehicle hit by a passing car)
4. (billiards, pool) act of striking a ball or cue piece with the cue

   Synonyms: tira, pagtira