bolk

== 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔlk/ Hyphenation: bolk Rhymes: -ɔlk === Noun === bolk m (plural bolken, no diminutive) pouting, bib, Trisopterus luscus Synonyms: steenbolk, steenwijting (obsolete) whiting or cod Synonyms: gadde, kabeljauw, wijting ==== Derived terms ==== steenbolk === References === == 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.