Meanings
verbslocken (third-person singular simple present slockens, present participle slockening, simple past and past participle slockened)
present singular third person slockens · participle present slockening · participle past slockened · past slockened
- dialectaltransitiveTo put out, extinguish (a fire).
- dialectaltransitiveTo quench; to allay; to slake.
I'll take the ale, though, for it slockens my cough.
1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLCSynonyms: slock
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo quench; to allay; to slake.
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Origin
- Old Norseslokna
- Englishslocken
From Old Norse slokna (Swedish slockna).
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slocken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slocken
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