Meaning of bowk | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To belch, to burp.
   Geordie
2. To vomit.
   UK

Examples

“"That made me bowk," he said; and he bowked again. He took another swig with caution, and gave the bottle to David, and they swigged at it in turn⟳.”

“If this man did not feed⟳ the mill carefully and regularly it bowked with "indigestion" and this slowed everything up.”

“He claimed that meat or cheese made you 'bowk' (belch) and get⟳ stomach cramps — the last⟳ thing you need⟳ 'yakking' (using a pick⟳) coal for eight tough hours in a two-foot 'cavil' (job area).”

“At that point⟳ another of my guests, a highly respected Newcastle art gallery owner by the name⟳ of Rashida, bowked up all over the floor behind me.”

“'Take⟳ yourself to bed then. And don't whine to me tomorrow about how you bowked your guts out all night.'”

“Firstly, aged perhaps five or six after polishing off a banana and a slice of bread and butter in the back room at tea time, taking my plate out to the kitchen, I managed to make⟳ it only as far as the spin⟳ dryer in the hall before bowking richly over the lino.”

“Misima bowked beside him, bent over double⟳. They made twin streams of yellow bile in the heather.”

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