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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To make watertight or airtight by filling or sealing: caulk a pipe joint; caulked the cracks between the boards with mud.
  2. v. Nautical To make (a boat) watertight by packing seams with a waterproof material, such as oakum or pitch.
  3. v. To apply caulking: caulked all around the window frame.
  4. n. Caulking.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. See calk.

Wiktionary

  1. n. caulking
  2. n. 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.
  3. v. nautical To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight
  4. v. To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. See calk, v..
  2. v. to fill in the seams or cracks of, with a waterproof material such as caulk.
  3. n. See calk.
  4. n. a viscous semisolid material of varying composition used to fill in seams of objects which are exposed to water, such as wooden ships or bath tiles; -- called also calk and caulking. After applying in a semisolid form, the material hardens and dries to form a waterproof seal. It is used in the process of caulking. It is sometimes applied together with a rope-like cord to fill larger seams.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight
  2. v. seal with caulking

Etymologies

  1. From Old Northern French cauquer, from Late Latin calicare (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English cauken, to press, from Old North French cauquer, from Latin calcāre, to tread, from calx, heel. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “During the day, there are no bars or clubs for the bitch brigade to get thrown out of, so much of last night's season 3 premiere focused on the conflict and "caulk" - friendly resolution of Amber #2's producer-encouraged "decision" to smash a window.”

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  • “Hot dogs are barbecued Egyptian beef sausages called -- and these cookies called caulk (ph).”

    CNN Transcript Oct 14, 2005

  • “Once you've identified the spots that need caulking, be sure to pick the right kind of caulk for the job.”

    Consumer Reports: Weekend Project: Caulk your way to energy and financial savings

  • “Also: I spent the better part of the day egregiously abusing the word "caulk" in conversation.”

    Archive 2007-06-01

  • “But the actor clearly mispronounces the screenplay's word "caulk" in the most hilarious way possible.”

    "It was before we lived in a theocracy."

  • “At the same instant one of the lookouts in the bows who had still remained at his post and had probably been awakened from a quiet "caulk" by the awful portent, suddenly shouted out in a ringing voice, that thrilled through every heart on board --”

    The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea

  • “The caulk is a little sticky, but it’s easy to apply with a Spackle knife.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Multiplying Menace

  • “There was not the smallest murmur of subdued talk for'ard, for the watch had curled themselves up in the most comfortable places they could find in order to steal a "caulk", and I did not attempt to disturb them, knowing that at my first call they would be upon their feet in a moment.”

    The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise

  • “Jorrocks, however, I noticed, remained still on the poop; and, knowing that he would not thus inconvenience himself by going without his proper "caulk," like the rest, unless there was some urgent reason -- for he dearly loved his sleep when duty did not interfere with the indulgence -- I stayed behind, too, the more especially as I remembered what he had said about there being the chance of a "blow.”

    On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story

  • “This was easier said than done; for in the first place Weeks, who only seemed to think of eating and sleeping and nothing else, was having a quiet "caulk," as sailors call it, cuddled up in the bunk appropriated by Jerrold as being the roomiest, with all our blankets wrapped round him, although the day was quite warm and spring-like for February.”

    Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea

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hypernyms (4)

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  1. sealant
  1. sealer
  1. seal off
  1. seal

same context (21)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. hydrogel
  2. puttee
  3. cobwebbed
  4. tree fern
  1. cycads
  2. stopple
  3. wickerwork
  4. cistus
  1. elastomer
  2. corker
  3. limerick
  4. shellac
  1. facepiece
  2. radian
  3. softener
  4. India rubber
  1. sealant
  2. maidenhair
  3. webwork
  4. chrysoprase
  1. bowstring

rhymes (87)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Bach
  2. Bangkok
  3. Bloch
  4. Block
  5. Brock
  6. Doc
  7. Dock
  8. Glock
  9. Iraq
  10. Jacques
  11. Jock
  12. Loch
  13. Locke
  14. Mach
  15. Maroc
  16. Plock
  17. Rock
  1. Salk
  2. Sauk
  3. Spock
  4. ad-hoc
  5. antiknock
  6. antilock
  7. bach
  8. balk
  9. ballcock
  10. bangkok
  11. bloc
  12. block
  13. blok
  14. bock
  15. bok
  16. broc
  17. brock
  1. calk
  2. chalk
  3. chock
  4. clock
  5. cock
  6. croc
  7. crock
  8. crosstalk
  9. doc
  10. dock
  11. falk
  12. floc
  13. flock
  14. frock
  15. gawk
  16. haak
  17. hawk
  1. hoc
  2. hock
  3. hok
  4. interlock
  5. jock
  6. knock
  7. kok
  8. loch
  9. lock
  10. locke
  11. lok
  12. maroc
  13. medoc
  14. mock
  15. nock
  16. och
  17. overstock
  1. pock
  2. restock
  3. roc
  4. rock
  5. schalk
  6. schlock
  7. shock
  8. smock
  9. sock
  10. squawk
  11. stalk
  12. stock
  13. talk
  14. tock
  15. undock
  16. unlock
  17. walk
  1. walke
  2. wok

reverse dictionary (13)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. calk
  2. majagua
  1. caulk
  2. caulked
  1. caulking
  2. naval stores
  1. mahagua
  2. purau
  1. careen
  2. hibiscus tiliaceus
  1. mahoe
  2. oakum
  1. balibago

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  • tankexmortis Boss #1: We have a caulk issue.
    Boss #2: Is it big?
    Boss #3: Very.
    Employee passerby: I know all about caulk -- it's very sticky. Jan 31, 2007

  • tankexmortis Retiree visiting the office: I was working on the windows and running around the yard with my caulk in my hand, and I have this neighbor, Dave, who was standing in the bushes, and I didn't see him. But Dave scared me and there was caulk everywhere -- caulk all over the windows and caulk on my hands. No, I'm serious, there were inches of it coming out! You guys aren't even listening to me! I didn't know what to do about all of the caulk on my hands but I called the 800 number on the side of it and the guy said that friction could get it off. Dec 5, 2006

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