verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To put out, extinguish (a fire). dialectal, transitive
2. 2
   To quench; to allay; to slake. dialectal, transitive

   "1880 Robert Louis Stevenson. Kidnapped I'll take the ale, though, for it slockens my cough."

Synonyms

All synonyms

slockslock

Example

More examples

"1880 Robert Louis Stevenson. Kidnapped I'll take the ale, though, for it slockens my cough."

Etymology

From Old Norse slokna (Swedish slockna).

Related phrases

put out

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