Boaked vs Soaked - What's the difference?
boaked | soaked |
(Scotland) (boak)
(obsolete) To burp.
(Scotland) To retch or vomit.
* 1996, , Trainspotting [http://books.google.com/books?id=iSGR2pjiNNMC&pg=PA94&dq=trainspotting+boaked&sig=ACfU3U3ATToPuwanos9vFDS3fDC9nM8iSA]
* 1997, , Movern Callar [http://books.google.com/books?id=ruWZweEYGCoC&q=%22to+boak%22&dq=%22to+boak%22&lr=&pgis=1]
* 1999, , Black and Blue [http://books.google.com/books?id=Xcp3XgEoKfUC&pg=PA190&dq=Black+and+Blue+boaking&sig=ACfU3U3-HUt2Oem4jS_Kw8gHawBTP3gnhg]
* 1999, , Behind the Scenes at the Museum [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=xVncfH11mvkC&pg=PA227&lpg=PA227&sig=-ZokrlMpLfQayujl9JvIQto3fVk]
As verbs the difference between boaked and soaked
is that boaked is past tense of boak while soaked is past tense of soak.As an adjective soaked is
drenched with water, or other liquid.boaked
English
Verb
(head)boak
English
Verb
(en verb)- — God sake... god sake... Mr Houston repeated as Mrs Houston boaked and I made a pathetic effort to mop some of the mess back into the sheets.
- I was going to boak : I made the window and opened it but most of the sickness hit the window-sill in a heap.
- He’d skipped breakfast—didn’t like the idea of boaking it back up on the flight.
- I think it was at this moment that Patricia lurched from the table, informing everyone that she was going to be sick and indeed was as good as her word, throwing up before reaching the door (‘Heinrich, fetch a clout — the lassie’s boaked !’).
