"bleck" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /blɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bleck.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: Imitative. Head templates: {{en-interj}} bleck
  1. (rare) Alternative form of blech Tags: alt-of, alternative, rare Alternative form of: blech Synonyms: feh, pfaugh, pish, pshaw, pooh, bah
    Sense id: en-bleck-en-intj-VWM0P~A0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /blɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bleck.wav [Southern-England] Forms: blecks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: From Middle English blek (“ink”), from Old Norse blek (“black tint, ink”), from Old English blæc (“black tint or dye, ink”), from Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blaką (“that which is black; blackness”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blek|t=ink}} Middle English blek (“ink”), {{der|en|non|blek|t=black tint, ink}} Old Norse blek (“black tint, ink”), {{der|en|ang|blæc|t=black tint or dye, ink}} Old English blæc (“black tint or dye, ink”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*blak}} Proto-West Germanic *blak, {{der|en|gem-pro|*blaką|t=that which is black; blackness}} Proto-Germanic *blaką (“that which is black; blackness”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bleck (plural blecks)
  1. Any black fluid substance, as in blacking for leather, or black grease.
    Sense id: en-bleck-en-noun-wPjtNGIF
  2. Soot, smut.
    Sense id: en-bleck-en-noun-3Qb9AQJR
  3. (obsolete) A black man. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-bleck-en-noun-kTD6UHeA
  4. (dialectal) Coalfish (Pollachius virens). Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-bleck-en-noun-nJIUDOi2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /blɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bleck.wav [Southern-England] Forms: blecks [present, singular, third-person], blecking [participle, present], blecked [participle, past], blecked [past]
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: From Middle English blekken, from the noun above. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blekken}} Middle English blekken Head templates: {{en-verb}} bleck (third-person singular simple present blecks, present participle blecking, simple past and past participle blecked)
  1. (obsolete, dialect) To blacken. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-bleck-en-verb-wA6bOtgU
  2. (obsolete, dialect) To defile. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-bleck-en-verb-tcsyUbrg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: blatch, bletch
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bleck meaning in English (5.1kB)

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