Urban Dictionary: spelk

Top definition

A splinter: origin: North East.

i.e Sunderland/Newcastle/Middlesborough
Mackem Geordie Smog Monster

The young lad had been working on his Tree HOuse and got a spelk in his thumb.

by SAFC May 04, 2007

geordie or Newcastle slang meaning a small splinter of wood. Usually referred to in this way when one is embedded in your hand.

I've got a spelk in my hand

by Dave W May 14, 2004

"... our kid went down the wooden slide an' got 'imself a couple 'o spelks in his bollox

by Ainsley Marriot July 21, 2003

he's only a spelk but he can sup 15 pints of lager

by lank November 14, 2003

the foam the erupts from a whigger when he is crying about his baby dick. fool

by ? May 26, 2003