Kobe

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less common variant of kobe beef

Kobe

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interjection

Ko·​be ˈkō-bē 

slang

—used to predict or celebrate an accurate throw, hit, etc.

Kobe [Bryant] was my idol, the reason I picked up a basketball. As a kid, I would study Kobe, I'd watch Kobe every game, I'd yell out 'Kobe' whenever I was throwing anything in the trash.

—Sheldon Mac, quoted in The Repository (Canton, Ohio)

Kobe!!! … Throwing blueberries and nailing it!!!

—JTLifter619, on YouTube

Word History

Etymology

Interjection

after Kobe Bryant †2020 American basketball player

First Known Use

Interjection

circa 2007, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing Kobe

• Kobe beef

Geographical Definition

Kobe

geographical name

Ko·​be ˈkō-bē 

-ˌbā

city and port on Osaka Bay in southern Honshu, Japan population 1,544,200

Note: Kobe suffered a severe earthquake on January 17, 1995.