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bowkin

bowkin is the present participle of bowk.

Meaning of bowk

Verb

bowk (third-person singular simple present bowks, present participle bowking or bowkin, simple past and past participle bowked)

  1. (Geordie) To belch, to burp.
    • "That made me bowk," he said; and he bowked again. He took another swig with caution, and gave the bottle to David, and they swigged at it in turn.1966, William Mayne, Earthfasts, Peter Smith, published 1989, →ISBN, page 37
  2. (UK) To vomit.
    • At that point another of my guests, a highly respected Newcastle art gallery owner by the name of Rashida, bowked up all over the floor behind me.2004, Chris Donald, Rude Kids: The Unfeasible Story of Viz, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 275

Questions about bowkin

What is bowkin the present participle of?
Bowkin is the present participle of bowk.

Words near bowkin in the dictionary

  1. bowk
  2. bowked
  3. Bowker
  4. Bowkers
  5. Bowkett
  6. bowkin
  7. bowking
  8. bowkite
  9. bowknot
  10. bowknots
  11. bowks

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