bolk
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
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.
Verb
bolk (third-person singular simple present bolks, present participle bolking, simple past and past participle bolked)
- (intransitive) To belch.
- (intransitive) To vomit; retch.
- (intransitive) To heave.
- (intransitive) To gush out.
- (transitive) To belch out; give vent to; ejaculate.
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Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bolc, from Proto-Germanic *bulnuka, perhaps related to the root of English bulk, referring to the convex shape.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔlk/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: bolk
- Rhymes: -ɔlk
Noun
bolk m (plural bolken)
- pouting, bib, Trisopterus luscus
- Synonyms: steenbolk, steenwijting
- (obsolete) whiting or cod
Derived terms
- steenbolk
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bolk1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse bǫlkr, balkr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔlk/
Noun
bolk m (definite singular bolken, indefinite plural bolkar, definite plural bolkane)
- a part
References
- “bolk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.