bolk
See also: bölk and bòlk
English
Alternative forms
- boke, bock
- (Scottish) boak, bouk, bowk
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)
- (intransitive) To belch.
- (intransitive) To vomit; retch.
- (intransitive) To heave.
- (intransitive) To gush out.
- (transitive) To belch out; give vent to; ejaculate.
Related terms
- boak
Anagrams
- Blok, Kolb
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/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bolk
- Rhymes: -ɔlk
Noun
bolk m (plural bolken)
- pouting, bib, Trisopterus luscus
- Synonyms: steenbolk, steenwijting
- (obsolete) whiting or cod
- Synonyms: gadde, kabeljauw, wijting
Derived terms
- steenbolk
References
- 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)
- a part
References
- “bolk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.