sluke

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Probably from Middle Low German sluken

Verb

sluke (imperative sluk, present tense sluker, passive slukes, simple past slukte, past participle slukt, present participle slukende)

1. to swallow, devour, bolt (food), wolf down, gobble up

Derived terms

• oppsluke

References

• “sluke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sluka

Etymology

Probably from Middle Low German sluken

Verb

sluke (present tense sluker, past tense slukte, past participle slukt, passive infinitive slukast, present participle slukande, imperative sluk)

1. to swallow, devour, bolt (food), wolf down, gobble up

References

• “sluke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.