belk

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verb

To vomit.

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Meanings

belk1

verbbelk (third-person singular simple present belks, present participle belking, simple past and past participle belked)

present singular third person belks · participle present belking · participle past belked · past belked

  1. obsoleteTo vomit.

    And in beholding how he fed and belked up againe His bloody vittells at his mouth, and uttred out amayne

    1567, Ovid, “The Fourteenth Booke”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, […], London: […] Willyam Seres […], →OCLC

Belk2

proper noun
  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Fayette County, Alabama, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Tennessee, United States.

Origin

See belch.

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APA

belk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belk

MLA

“belk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belk. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “belk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belk.

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