holk (English, verb)
expansion: holk (third-person singular simple present holks, present participle holking, simple past and past participle holked)
Senses:
glosses: To dig out; make hollow; hollow out.
tags: UK
dialectal
transitive
glosses: To dig; dig into; pierce; penetrate; investigate; poke.
tags: UK
dialectal
transitive
glosses: To dig up; excavate.
tags: UK
dialectal
transitive
Forms:
form: holks
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: holking
tags: participle
present
form: holked
tags: participle
past
form: holked
tags: past
form: howk
tags: alternative
Northern-England
Scotland
form: houk
tags: alternative
Northern-England
Scotland