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kelk

/kɛlk/

kelk verb: to beat.

Verb

kelk (third-person singular simple present kelks, present participle kelking, simple past and past participle kelked)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To beat.

Noun

kelk (plural kelks)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A stroke; a blow.

Proper noun capitalized: Kelk

Kelk (countable and uncountable, plural Kelks)

  1. An English surname transferred from the place name.

Forms of kelk

Verb
third-person singular presentkelks
present participlekelking
past participlekelked
pastkelked
Noun
pluralkelks
Proper noun
pluralKelks

Words that rhyme with kelk

Questions about kelk

What does kelk mean?
Kelk means to beat.
What part of speech is kelk?
Kelk can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce kelk?
Kelk is pronounced /kɛlk/.
What is the past tense of kelk?
The past tense of kelk is kelked.

Words near kelk in the dictionary

  1. kelims
  2. Keling
  3. Kelings
  4. kelipot
  5. keliximab
  6. kelk
  7. kelked
  8. kelking
  9. kelks
  10. kell
  11. Kell system

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