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boak

(Scotland) To retch or vomit.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(Scotland) To retch or vomit.

: I was going to boak: I made the window and opened it but most of the sickness hit the window-sill in a heap.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(obsolete) To burp.

1997, Alan Warner, [http://books.google.com/books?id=ruWZweEYGCoC&q=%22to+boak%22&dq=%22to+boak%22&lr=&pgis=1 Movern Callar]:
Origin: From , from , from , ultimately . Cognate with & bulken, . See also belch. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “And of course the credulous rube who parroted this garbage—Josh Boak—doesn’t have Bluesky but certainly uses “X!””

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Being in the same room as Trump would give me the boak.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Don’t be a Boak, taking the word of the same people who can’t tell you if we are in a war or not and run with their numbers in the headline”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Trump's drugmaker deals may save economy $529B over 10 years, White House says (Josh Boak/Associated Press) Main Link | memeorandum Permalink”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “WASHINGTON (AP) - White House economists estimate that President Donald Trump's deals with pharmaceutical companies to drop some of their U.S. prescription drug prices to what they charge in other countries could save $529 billion over the next 10 years. Reported by Josh Boak”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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