bolk

See also: bölk and bòlk

English

Alternative forms

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.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bolc, from Proto-Germanic *bulnuka, perhaps related to the root of English bulk, referring to the convex shape.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔlk/
  • (file)
  • 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

References

  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bolk1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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

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