bowk

== English == === Alternative forms === bolk === Etymology === From Middle English bolken, bulken, alteration of earlier balken, from Old English bealcan (“to belch; utter”). Compare Dutch bulken (“to roar”), German bölken. More at bolk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /boʊk/ Rhymes: -oʊk === Verb === bowk (third-person singular simple present bowks, present participle bowking or bowkin, simple past and past participle bowked) (Geordie) To belch, to burp. (UK) To vomit. ==== References ==== Frank Graham, editor (1987), “BOWK”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN. Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin, “bowk”, in Newcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎[7], archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[8] Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “bowk”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN. == Scots == === Etymology === From Old Scots bolk (“to belch”). Cognate with Geordie bowk and General Scots boak (but does not have quite the same meaning). === Noun === bowk (uncountable) (Southern Scots) vomit; sick === Verb === bowk (third-person singular simple present bowks, present participle bowkin, simple past and past participle bowkt) (Southern Scots) to vomit; to throw up.