bolk

See also: bölk and bòlk

English

Alternative forms

• boke, bock
• (Scottish) boak, bouk, bowk

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)

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.

Related terms

• boak

Anagrams

• Blok, Kolb

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bolc, from Proto-Germanic *bulnuka, perhaps related to the root of English bulk, referring to the convex shape.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔlk/

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• Hyphenation: bolk
• Rhymes: -ɔlk

Noun

bolk m (plural bolken)

1. pouting, bib, Trisopterus luscus

   Synonyms: steenbolk, steenwijting

2. (obsolete) whiting or cod

   Synonyms: gadde, kabeljauw, wijting

Derived terms

• steenbolk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bǫlkr, balkr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔlk/

Noun

bolk m (definite singular bolken, indefinite plural bolkar, definite plural bolkane)

1. a part

References

• “bolk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.