English Explanatory Dictionary

boak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To burp.
  2. To retch or vomit.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/bəʊk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-boak.wav

Word forms

boak boaks boaking boaked Boyack

Etymology

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

Related words

bolk

Derived words

the dry boak
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