cowk

/ kaʊk /

verb

1. dialect.
   intr to retch or feel nauseated

Word History and Origins

Origin of cowk¹

of obscure origin

Example Sentences

There is one in particular called the cowk cowk; it is the most disgusting looking animal that creeps the ground, and its bite is mortal.

From Project Gutenberg

An oriole in orange and black heard his challenge, and flew up the river bank, answering at steady intervals for quite a time before it was visible, and in resorting to the last notes he could think of a quail whistled "Bob White" and a shitepoke, skulking along the river bank, stopped and cried, "Cowk, cowk!"

From Project Gutenberg