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bolk

The English word “bolk” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To belch.
  2. To vomit; retch.
  3. To heave.
  4. To gush out.
  5. To belch out; give vent to; ejaculate.

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.

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