calk

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verb (1)

variant spelling of caulk

transitive verb

: to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)

calk

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noun

ˈkȯk 

variants or caulk

: a cleat on the shoe of a horse to prevent slipping

also : a similar device worn on the sole of a shoe

calk

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verb (2)

variants or caulk

calked or caulked; calking or caulking; calks or caulks

transitive verb

1

: to furnish with calks

2

: to wound with a calk

Examples of calk in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Hooks: The heel calk’s inside edge is known as the hook due to its sometimes shallow and sometimes very steep inward hook. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 28 July 2025

These holes are filled with square pegs of white pine and new calks driven into the wood. —Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2019

Word History

Etymology

Noun

probably alteration of calkin, from Middle English kakun, from Middle Dutch or Middle French dialect; Middle Dutch calcoen horse's hoof, from Middle French dialect (Walloon) calcain heel, from Latin calcaneum, from calc-, calx heel

First Known Use

Noun

1587, in the meaning defined above

Verb (2)

1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for calk

• balk
• baulk
• bloc
• bock
• broch
• brock
• caulk
• chalk
• chock
• clock
• cock
• croc

Kids Definition

calk

variant of caulk