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bolk.

To belch.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To belch.

    intransitive
  2. To vomit; retch.

    intransitive
  3. To heave.

    intransitive
  4. To gush out.

    intransitive
  5. To belch out; give vent to; ejaculate.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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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