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bolk

bolk

See also: bölk

English

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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.

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Etymology

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

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