זָנַק , Pi. זִינֵּק (b. h.) 1) to squirt, sputter, eject with force. Nidd. 59ᵇ במְזַנֶּקֶת it means a woman discharging urin in a gush. Ḥull. 38ᵃ זִינְּקָה the animal’s blood sputtered (when its jugular arteries were cut). Y. Yoma I, 39ᵃ bot. חוטמו מְזַנֵּק תולעים his nose discharging worms. —2) [to make a persons’ mouth water,] to make a person sick by withholding from him a desired dish. Ex. R. s. 16, end אתם זִינַּקְתֶּם את בני וכ׳ ye made my children sick by withholding from them meat, when ye ate &c.
Hif. - הִזְנִיק to drop, to pour. Y. Sabb. VIII, 11ᵇ bot. במַזְנִיק שנו the Mishnah means when one uses pitch or sulphur in a liquid state.