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slocken

/ˈslɒkən/

slocken verb: to put out, extinguish (a fire).

Verb

slocken (third-person singular simple present slockens, present participle slockening, simple past and past participle slockened)

  1. (dialectal, transitive) To put out, extinguish (a fire).
  2. (dialectal, transitive) To quench; to allay; to slake.
    • I'll take the ale, though, for it slockens my cough.1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    slock

Synonyms of slocken

Forms of slocken

third-person singular presentslockens
present participleslockening
past participleslockened
pastslockened

Origin of slocken

From Old Norse slokna (Swedish slockna).

Words formed from slocken

Words that rhyme with slocken

Questions about slocken

What does slocken mean?
Slocken means to put out, extinguish (a fire).
What part of speech is slocken?
Slocken is a verb.
How do you pronounce slocken?
Slocken is pronounced /ˈslɒkən/.
What is the past tense of slocken?
The past tense of slocken is slockened.

Words near slocken in the dictionary

  1. Slocan
  2. Slocan City
  3. Slochd
  4. slock
  5. slocked
  6. slocken
  7. slockened
  8. slockening
  9. slockens
  10. slocking
  11. slocking stone

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