bleck

See also: Bleck and Bléck

English

Verb

bleck (third-person singular simple present blecks, present participle blecking, simple past and past participle blecked)

  1. (obsolete, dialectal) To blacken.
  2. (obsolete, dialectal) To defile.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bleck in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Interjection

bleck

  1. (rare) Alternative form of blech

Scots

Etymology

From Old English blæc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /blɛk/

Adjective

bleck (comparative blecker, superlative bleckest)

  1. (South Scots) black

Swedish

Etymology

Compare Danish blik (< Middle Low German bleck), German Blech (< Old High German bleh).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /blɛk/
  • Homophones: bläck

Noun

bleck n

  1. tin plate
  2. sheet metal

Declension
Declension of bleck 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bleck blecket bleck blecken
Genitive blecks bleckets blecks bleckens
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