Home › Words › K › kieriekierie/ˈkɪəɹi/kierie means A traditional club used as a weapon by certain indigenous groups of South Africa.kierie is pronounced /ˈkɪəɹi/.EtymologyBorrowed from Afrikaans kierie, from Khoekhoe.nounA traditional club used as a weapon by certain indigenous groups of South Africa.e.g.“‘We used to have great fights with kieries down at the water.’” — 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 85:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.knobkierie 70% match — A fighting stick, usually with a knob on the end. vs kierie →kebbie 65% match — cudgel, staff vs kierie →cudgel 56% match — A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon. vs kierie →kalis 56% match — A Filipino sword akin to the kris. vs kierie →simi 56% match — A short sword or dagger used by the Kikuyu people. vs kierie →shillelagh 56% match — A wooden (traditionally blackthorn (sloe) wood) club ending with a large knob. vs kierie →kukri 55% match — A curved Nepalese knife used especially by Gurkha fighters; many variants exist, but all share recurve as a common theme. vs kierie →goedendag 55% match — A club with a spike on top, used as a weapon by the militias of medieval Flanders. vs kierie →