Boak
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /bəʊk/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Boak is a verb meaning (Scotland) To retch or vomit.
Meaning
(Scotland) To retch or vomit.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) To burp.
Example Sentences
He’d skipped breakfast—didn’t like the idea of boaking it back up on the flight.
She had to keep stopping to spit gobbits of rising boak into sinks and old tea mugs.
I was going to boak: I made the window and opened it but most of the sickness hit the window-sill in a heap.
— God sake... god sake... Mr Houston repeated as Mrs Houston boaked and I made a pathetic effort to mop some of the mess back into the sheets.
Word Forms
- boaks
- boaking
- boaked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bowk, burp, bolk, gurk, bork, boof.
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