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Polk
name, verb, slang
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Proper Noun
- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri, named after the county. countable, uncountable
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Polk County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Ashland County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A borough in Venango County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Washington County, Wisconsin, named after President James K. Polk. countable, uncountable
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships, listed under Polk Township. countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To dance the polka. obsolete, slang
""Several of the visitors then partook for a short time, with evident Parisian gusto, of the pleasures of the dance," yes--we did, and the lovely girls with whom we polked (ladies being one of the Club emollients) were eloquent in praise of our exquisite tournures which were shown to such advantage beneath our tight uniforms."
Etymology
* As a Scottish surname, shortened from Pollock. * As a Upper Sorbian surname Półk, Pólk, probably shortened from a personal name based on Proto-Slavic *plъkъ (“army, crowd”), see Polka. * As an East German surname of Slavic origin, variant of Polke, itself from a Silesian form of Polish Bolesław.
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