sluk, verb

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Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, from Dutch slikken to swallow.
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a. transitive. To swallow, swig, or gulp (something). Also figurative.
1970 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)She sluks everything I say. (Believes).
1972 A. Scoby on Radio South Africa 23 MayHere — have a drink. Hey, hey, don’t sluk the lot!
1981 B. Podlashuk in Sunday Times 8 Nov. (Mag. Sect.) 11You only get the full appreciation and enhancement of wine if you drink it in moderation. If you ‘sluk’ it down, its function is not fulfilled.
1985 T. Baron in Frontline Feb. 30‘Cheers. Down the hatch.’ We slukked down a few.
b. intransitive. To drink.
1975 ‘Blossom’ in Darling 9 Apr. 95And round each of these there’s a swarm of okies waving spanners and slukking out of cans and giving last-minute advice.
To swallow, swig, or gulp (something). Also figurative.
To drink.
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