termchok
ชก · chok
Punch.
What it is
What the corner shouts when it wants hands.
The long version
Chok is the verb for punching and also the general verb for having a fight — chok muay, to box. The corner shouting it is asking for the lowest-scoring weapon, which usually means they want you to close distance rather than to win the round with it.
Root
Thai ชก — to punch
Connected to
- The fist The weapon.
Where each claim comes from
| Field | Tier | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| default | cited | มวยไทย — Wikipedia (th) | |
| text_th | inference | written in Thai by this project, not machine-translated |
Sources
- มวยไทย — Wikipedia (th)
cited Cited — a named source, linked · harvested Harvested — fetched from an open dataset, with its licence · tradition Tradition — general knowledge of the tradition, hedged · inference Inference — this project's own reasoning from the above · field Field — someone stood there