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balk.

a wooden or metal beam

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. a wooden or metal beam

    common-gender

  2. a bend (diagonal band)

    common-gender

  3. code (major section of legislation)

    common-gender

  4. penis

    common-gender · slang · vulgar
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish balker, from Old Norse bialki, bǫlkr, from Proto-Germanic *balkuz, from *balkô (“beam, plank”).

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