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Definition of chukka noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chukka

noun

/ˈtʃʌkə/

/ˈtʃʌkə/

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one of the periods of 7½ minutes into which a game of polo is divided
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Hindi cakkar, from Sanskrit cakra ‘circle or wheel’.

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