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Meaning of slocken | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
ˈslɒkən

Definitions

  1. To put out, extinguish (a fire).
    dialectal, transitive
  2. To quench; to allay; to slake.
    dialectal, transitive

Examples

“1880 Robert Louis Stevenson. Kidnapped I'll take the ale, though, for it slockens my cough.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

slockened slockening slockens slocking slog slog away

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