"BookTok" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: From book + -Tok. Etymology templates: {{af|en|book|-Tok}} book + -Tok Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} BookTok
  1. The community of book- and reading-oriented accounts on TikTok. Categories (topical): Books, TikTok Hypernyms: Bookternet Derived forms: BookToker Coordinate_terms: Booklr (alt: Tumblr), Bookstagram (alt: Instagram), BookTube (alt: YouTube)
    Sense id: en-BookTok-en-name-lbuSvz2Q Disambiguation of Books: 66 34 Disambiguation of TikTok: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -Tok Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -Tok: 73 27

Noun [English]

Forms: BookToks [plural]
Etymology: From book + -Tok. Etymology templates: {{af|en|book|-Tok}} book + -Tok Head templates: {{en-noun}} BookTok (plural BookToks)
  1. A book- or reading-oriented video on TikTok.
    Sense id: en-BookTok-en-noun-sO3KQf9q

Inflected forms

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