klökas

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Swedish

Etymology

Cognate to Danish kløjes and Icelandic klígja, originally from a root *klak- (”to break”). For the semantic development, compare German erbrechen and Danish brække.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²kløːkas/
  • Rhymes: -øːkas
  • Audio (Småland):(file)

Verb

klökas (present klöks, preterite klöktes, supine klökts, imperative klöks)

  1. (dialectal, Southern, deponent) to feel as if one almost has to throw up; feel nauseous; to throw up
    • 2006, “Brist på struktur i förutsägbar komedi”, in Sydsvenskan:
      Men när höjden av komik är en man som i en utdragen scen klöks och blir nerbajsad vid ett blöjbyte förstår man att filmen har problem.
      But when the pinnacle of comedy is a man who in a drawn-out scene almost throws up and get covered in poop, you understand that the movie has problems.

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