Boak Definition

verb

(Scotland) To retch or vomit.

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Origin of Boak

  • From Middle English bolken (“to vomit, overflow”), from Old English bealcan (“to belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out, give forth, emit, come forth”), from Proto-Germanic *belkaną (“to belch”). Cognate with Dutch balken & bulken (“to bellow”), German bölken (“to roar”). See also belch.

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