caulk

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caulk^¹

/kɔːk/ UK
/kɔk/ US
/kɑk/ cot caught merger
/kælk/

Sounds like cork, cock, calc, calk, calque · Rhymes with -ɔːk, -ælk

Where it comes from

From 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.

noun caulks · calk

countable, uncountable Caulking.
countable, uncountable A composition of vehicle and pigment used at ambient temperatures for filling/sealing joints or junctures, that remains elastic for an extended period of time after application.
alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of calk (“pointed projection on a horseshoe”).
countable, slang, uncountable A short sleep; a nap. […] & we went for a long walk & fatigued ourselves so that I, for one, took a caulk in the afternoon.

verb caulks · caulking · caulked · calk

To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight. [W]e might be disturbed during the night by an order being given to "go about," and by hearing in the quiet hours of the morning the familiar inquiry of "How's her head?" Mine often ached with the din of the men caulking all day long!
To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.
slang To copulate.
slang To take a short sleep; to nap. There was the goggle-eyed daughter a blowing the Grampus [throwing a bucket of water upon a person] with the platter-faced planter, whenever he caulked upon deck; […]

Caulk^²

proper noun Caulks

A surname.

Translations

Every language

noun substance for filling and/or sealing

Deutsch	Dichtungsmasse
Русский	герметик germetik

verb to seal joints with caulk

Español	enmasillar, calafatear
Português	calafetar, selar, vedar
Français	calfeutrer, étouper, calfater
Deutsch	kalfatern, mit Dichtungsmasse abdichten
Italiano	calafatare, bitumare, cianfrinare
Ελληνικά	καλαφατίζω kalafatízo
Русский	замазывать zamazyvatʹ, заде́лывать zadélyvatʹ

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@misc{caulk_2026,
  title = {caulk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/caulk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}