"boak" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /bəʊk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-boak.wav [Southern-England] Forms: boaks [present, singular, third-person], boaking [participle, present], boaked [participle, past], boaked [past]
Rhymes: -əʊk Etymology: From Middle English bolken (“to belch, vomit”), from Old English bealcian (“to belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out, give forth, emit, come forth”), from Proto-Germanic *belkaną (“to belch”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Dutch balken & bulken (“to bellow”), German bölken (“to roar”). See also belch. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bolken|t=to belch, vomit}} Middle English bolken (“to belch, vomit”), {{inh|en|ang|bealcian|t=to belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out, give forth, emit, come forth}} Old English bealcian (“to belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out, give forth, emit, come forth”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*belkaną|t=to belch}} Proto-Germanic *belkaną (“to belch”), {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|nl|balken}} Dutch balken, {{m|nl|bulken|t=to bellow}} bulken (“to bellow”), {{cog|de|bölken|t=to roar}} German bölken (“to roar”), {{m|en|belch}} belch Head templates: {{en-verb}} boak (third-person singular simple present boaks, present participle boaking, simple past and past participle boaked)
  1. (obsolete) To burp. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-boak-en-verb-wNjmWRu2
  2. (Scotland) To retch or vomit. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-boak-en-verb-Mj~q~Uva Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bolk

Inflected forms

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        "(obsolete) To burp."
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          "ref": "1999, Ian Rankin, Black and Blue",
          "text": "He’d skipped breakfast—didn’t like the idea of boaking it back up on the flight."
        },
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          "ref": "1999, Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum",
          "text": "I think it was at this moment that Patricia lurched from the table, informing everyone that she was going to be sick and indeed was as good as her word, throwing up before reaching the door (‘Heinrich, fetch a clout — the lassie’s boaked!’)."
        },
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          "ref": "2020, Douglas Stewart, Shuggie Bain",
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        "(Scotland) To retch or vomit."
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        "To burp."
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        "(obsolete) To burp."
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        },
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          "ref": "1999, Ian Rankin, Black and Blue",
          "text": "He’d skipped breakfast—didn’t like the idea of boaking it back up on the flight."
        },
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          "ref": "1999, Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum",
          "text": "I think it was at this moment that Patricia lurched from the table, informing everyone that she was going to be sick and indeed was as good as her word, throwing up before reaching the door (‘Heinrich, fetch a clout — the lassie’s boaked!’)."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Douglas Stewart, Shuggie Bain",
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        }
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        "(Scotland) To retch or vomit."
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