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झोकना jhoknā[jhok˚= Prk. झेवक्क(इ), fr. S. क्षेप(or क्षप)+कृ], v.t. To throw, cast, toss; to toss down, pour down, quaff, guzzle, swill; to put (in); to supply (fuel, to a furnace or oven), to heat (an oven or a furnace); to set fire to (straw, etc.);—v.n. To sway, roll, reel, stagger;—s.m. Fuel (for heating a furnace or an oven):—jhok-denā, v.t. (intens.) To throw away (in or on, meṅ), to waste, squander (money, lives, etc.); to risk, hazard, put at stake; to set fire to (straw, etc.); to toss down, etc. (=jhoknā).
Origin: Hindi