caulk
To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materialsTo apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.
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» Boats must be caulked.
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Examples
3 sentencesBoats must be caulked.
Haverford had checked it for cracks, made sure the windows were caulked, and now kept constant guard.
Ziri asked Yazid if he could borrow his caulking gun.
Meaning
4 sensesTo apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.
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To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight.
(slang)To copulate.
(slang)To take a short sleep; to nap.
- seal with caulking
Origin
From Old Northern French cauquer, from Late Latin calicāre (“to fill in with limestone, caFrom Old Northern French cauquer, from Late Latin calicāre (“to fill in with limestone, caulk”), derived from calx (“limestone, chalk”). Related to calx, cauk, chalk, and calculus.
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Forms
caulks, caulking, caulked, caulkedTenses
caulk · caulked · will caulk · have caulkedSynonyms
1 synonyms- seal with caulking:calk
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.