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boak.

To burp.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/bəʊk/
  1. To burp.

    obsolete
  2. To retch or vomit.

    Scotland
Where this word comes from

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 and bulken (“to bellow”), German bölken (“to roar”). See also belch.

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