tok-tokkie
/tɒkˈtɒkɪ/noun
(pl.-ies) S. African <南非>
1
- mass noun a children's game that involves tricking a victim, especially by knocking on a door and running away before it is answered托托奇游戏 （小孩子玩的一种捉弄人的游戏, 尤指敲门后不等回应就逃开）。
2
- a dark rounded African beetle which taps its abdomen on the ground, making a rapid tapping sound to attract a mate拟步甲。
2.1
- Dichtha and other genera, family Tenebrionidae.叩腹甲属及其他属, 拟步甲科。
词源
early 20th cent. (in sense 2)： Afrikaans， from Dutch tokken 'to tap'， of imitative origin.