"bolk" meaning in English

See bolk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: bolks [present, singular, third-person], bolking [participle, present], bolked [participle, past], bolked [past]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bolken}} Middle English bolken, {{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|*balkōną}} Proto-Germanic *balkōną, {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|nl|balken}} Dutch balken, {{cog|de|bölken|t=to roar}} German bölken (“to roar”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} bolk (third-person singular simple present bolks, present participle bolking, simple past and past participle bolked)
  1. (intransitive) To belch. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bolk-en-verb-NluewBZC Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 31 7 11 7 27 5 11
  2. (intransitive) To vomit; retch. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bolk-en-verb-8wKbI80h
  3. (intransitive) To heave. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bolk-en-verb-PlwOgVBE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 11 39 11 25 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 14 12 49 12 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 31 7 11 7 27 5 11
  4. (intransitive) To gush out. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bolk-en-verb-nkf1dl3j
  5. (transitive) To belch out; give vent to; ejaculate. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bolk-en-verb-F1pF2O2z Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 31 7 11 7 27 5 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boke, bock, boak [Scottish], bouk, bowk Related terms: boak

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To heave."
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