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bolk

bolk verb: to belch.

Verb

bolk (third-person singular simple present bolks, present participle bolking, simple past and past participle bolked)

  1. (intransitive) To belch.
  2. (intransitive) To vomit; retch.
  3. (intransitive) To heave.
  4. (intransitive) To gush out.
  5. (transitive) To belch out; give vent to; ejaculate.

Forms of bolk

third-person singular presentbolks
present participlebolking
past participlebolked
pastbolked
alternative formboke
alternative formbock
alternative Scotlandboak
alternative Scotlandbouk
alternative Scotlandbowk

Origin of bolk

From Middle English bolken, balken (“to vomit, overflow”), from Old English bealcian (“to belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out, give forth, emit, come forth”), from Proto-Germanic *balkōną, *belkaną (“to belch”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Dutch balken, bulken (“to bellow”), German bölken (“to roar”). See also belch.

Questions about bolk

What does bolk mean?
Bolk means to belch.
What part of speech is bolk?
Bolk is a verb.
What is the past tense of bolk?
The past tense of bolk is bolked.

Words near bolk in the dictionary

  1. bolix
  2. bolixed
  3. bolixes
  4. bolixing
  5. Boljoon
  6. bolk
  7. Bolkhov
  8. Bolkhovsky
  9. bolking
  10. boll
  11. boll weevil

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