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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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GLOCK, GLUCK, v., n. Also glook; ¶gllock (Gregor). Cf. Glog, v., n. [glɔk, glʌk, Rs. gluk]

I. v. 1. To make a gurgling or clucking noise (gen. in swallowing liquid) (Ags. 1808 Jam.; ne.Sc., Ags., Rxb. 1954).Sc. 1790 Atholl MSS.:
Your Pipe of wine arrived safe. . . . It glucks a little, but John says it seems preaty near as full as the others were.Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 66:
The first thing it waukent me wiz the gllockan o' the wattir through a hole i' the ship's side.Per. c.1879 in R. Ford Harp Per. (1893) 347:
Aye i' the push the necks were broken Smash aff the bottles, Fast as I broke they had them glockin' Adoon their throttles.wm.Sc. 1911 “H. Foulis” Para Handy 41:
Green seas swept her fore and aft; she was glucking with internal waters, and her squat red funnel whooped dolorously with wind.Edb. 1931 E. Albert Herrin' Jennie 193:
The prisoned counters [sovereigns] glucked within [the stocking].

¶2. To devour.Sc.(E) 1879 P. H. Waddell Isaiah xxxiii. 14:
Wha amang us can thole sic a glockin glied?

II. n. 1. A gurgle, a gurgling or clucking sound; “the sound produced by a liquid running through a narrow opening in a fuller stream than can find sufficient vent” (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 66; Abd., Ags., Arg., Rxb. 1954). Also used adv.Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 66:
Fin the bung wiz taen oot o' the bowie, oot cam the ale gllock gllock.Ags. 1888 Barrie Auld Licht Idylls xi.:
The “gluck” with which we lifted our feet from the slush.Arg. 1896 N. Munro Lost Pibroch 108:
A grey shiver went over her face; her breast heaved and fell in; her voice stopped with a gluck in the throat.e.Rs. c.1940 per Ork.¹:
I thocht ye wad hae heard the glook o't [whisky in bottle hidden in pocket].

2. A gulp (Ags. 1808 Jam.).Ags. 1867 G. W. Donald Poems 44:
Noo Neptune gae ane glock.Fif.¹⁰ 1934:
When no glass is available the owner of the bottle [of spirits] says “Tak a gluck o't”. A gluck is less than a “mou'-fu'”.