polk

See also: Polk

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

polk (third-person singular simple present polks, present participle polking, simple past and past participle polked)

1. (obsolete, slang) To dance the polka.
   • 1848, Mr. Jolly Green, “The visit of the French national guards to London”, in The New Monthly Magazine‎^[1]:

     "Several of the visitors then partook for a short time, with evident Parisian gusto, of the pleasures of the dance," yes--we did, and the lovely girls with whom we polked (ladies being one of the Club emollients) were eloquent in praise of our exquisite tournures which were shown to such advantage beneath our tight uniforms.

Anagrams

• Kolp

Middle English

Alternative forms

• polke

Etymology

From pol (“pool”) +‎ -ok (“-ock”), with shortening of /oː/ before /lk/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔlk/, /pulk/

Noun

polk (plural polkes)

1. A pond or puddle; a small pool (especially of standing water)
2. (anatomy) A hollow or depression.

Descendants

• English: pulk (dialectal)

References

• “polk(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “pulk, n.¹.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• Norri, Juhani, compiler (2016), “pulk”, in Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary in English, 1375–1550, part I & II, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 885-886.