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boaking

boaking is the present participle and gerund of boak.

Meaning of boak

Verb

boak (third-person singular simple present boaks, present participle boaking, simple past and past participle boaked)

  1. (obsolete) To burp.
  2. (Scotland) To retch or vomit.
    • — God sake... god sake... Mr Houston repeated as Mrs Houston boaked and I made a pathetic effort to mop some of the mess back into the sheets.1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 94

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Questions about boaking

What is boaking the present participle and gerund of?
Boaking is the present participle and gerund of boak.

Words near boaking in the dictionary

  1. Boahuraa
  2. boak
  3. Boake
  4. boaked
  5. Boakes
  6. boaking
  7. boaks
  8. Boakye
  9. Boakyes
  10. Boal
  11. Boals

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