polk

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verb

To dance the polka.

OriginProto-Slavic *plъkъ ← Polish Bolesław →
CommonScrabble 10
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Meanings

polk1

verbpolk (third-person singular simple present polks, present participle polking, simple past and past participle polked)

present singular third person polks · participle present polking · participle past polked · past polked

  1. obsoleteslangTo dance the polka.
    1 more example

    "Several of the visitors then partook for a short time, with evident Parisian gusto, of the pleasures of the dance," yes--we did, and the lovely girls with whom we polked (ladies being one of the Club emollients) were eloquent in praise of our exquisite tournures which were shown to such advantage beneath our tight uniforms.

    1848, Mr. Jolly Green, “The visit of the French national guards to London”, in The New Monthly Magazine

Polk2

proper nounPolk (countable and uncountable, plural Polks)

plural Polks

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois.
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri, named after the county.
    3. countableuncountableA village in Polk County, Nebraska.
    4. countableuncountableA village in Ashland County, Ohio.
    5. countableuncountableA borough in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
    6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
    7. countableuncountableA town in Washington County, Wisconsin, named after President James K. Polk.
    8. countableuncountableA number of townships, listed under Polk Township.

Origin

  1. PolishBolesław
  2. Proto-Slavic*plъkъ“army, crowd”
  3. EnglishPolk

* As a Scottish surname, shortened from Pollock. * As a Upper Sorbian surname Półk, Pólk, probably shortened from a personal name based on Proto-Slavic *plъkъ (“army, crowd”), see Polka. * As an East German surname of Slavic origin, variant of Polke, itself from a Silesian form of Polish Bolesław.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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