Definition of BOUK

bouk

Plural: bouks

Noun

  • The belly.
  • The trunk or torso of the body, hence the body itself.
  • The carcass of a slaughtered animal.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English bouk, from Old English būc (“belly, stomach, pitcher”), from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Doublet of bucket.
Cognate with Scots bouk, bowk, buik (“body, carcass”), Dutch buik (“belly”), German Bauch (“belly”), Swedish buk (“belly, abdomen”), Norwegian Bokmål buk (“belly”), Icelandic búkur (“torso”).
Compare puck, suck.

Scrabble Score: 10

bouk: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
bouk: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
bouk: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 0

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