Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various Japanese verse forms alternating lines of five and seven morae with an additional last line of seven morae, especially tanka.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A canoe; hence any box or object shaped like a canoe.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We date mermaids ... fight this bird called the waka waka bug — it's like a bee, but six times larger and once it attacks you you're pretty much gone.
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After the colorful banners, billboards, and advertisements are taken down from the streets and television and everywhere else, and after the ke nakos and ayobas and waka waka fade into the distance, what happens then?
Shari Cohen: South Africa's World Cup Legacy: Operationalizing Ubuntu Shari Cohen 2010
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After the colorful banners, billboards, and advertisements are taken down from the streets and television and everywhere else, and after the ke nakos and ayobas and waka waka fade into the distance, what happens then?
Shari Cohen: South Africa's World Cup Legacy: Operationalizing Ubuntu 2010
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| Reply | Permalink waka waka wrote on November 8, 2007 10: 58 AM:
Poll: Generic Democrat Leads Generic Republican By 15 Points 2009
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I'm writing a check to Moveon. waka waka wrote on December 7, 2007 10: 50 AM:
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Wake up, fellow Democrats! waka waka wrote on December 27, 2007 7: 51 PM:
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| Reply | Permalink waka waka wrote on January 4, 2008 9: 44 AM:
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The country needs you! waka waka wrote on December 12, 2007 3: 37 PM:
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The rhetorical "snow job" and artifices that have folks like this "waka waka" person going gaga won't work on the general public.
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Now, have you figured out who is the real "zealot"? waka waka wrote on December 29, 2007 12: 54 PM:
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