bolk

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verb

To belch.

OriginMiddle English bolken ← Old English bealcian ← Proto-Germanic *balkōną →
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Meanings

verbbolk (third-person singular simple present bolks, present participle bolking, simple past and past participle bolked)

present singular third person bolks · participle present bolking · participle past bolked · past bolked · alternative boke · alternative bock · alternative Scotland boak · alternative Scotland bouk · alternative Scotland bowk

  1. intransitiveTo belch.
  2. intransitiveTo vomit; retch.
  3. intransitiveTo heave.
  4. intransitiveTo gush out.
  5. transitiveTo belch out; give vent to; ejaculate.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*balkōną
  2. Old Englishbealcian“to belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out, give forth, emit, come forth”
  3. Middle Englishbolken
  4. Englishbolk

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.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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