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boaks

boaks is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Proper noun capitalized: Boaks

Boaks

  1. (plural) plural of Boak

Questions about boaks

What is boaks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Boaks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of boak.
What part of speech is boaks?
Boaks is a proper noun.

Words near boaks in the dictionary

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

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