Bolk

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To belch. intransitive
  2. 2
    To vomit; retch. intransitive
  3. 3
    To heave. intransitive
  4. 4
    To gush out. intransitive
  5. 5
    To belch out; give vent to; ejaculate. transitive

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.

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