burk

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English

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k

Verb

burk (third-person singular simple present burks, present participle burking, simple past and past participle burked)

  1. (Southern US, slang, intransitive) To vomit.
    It was nasty, y’all. She just burked all over my sedan.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish budhker, from Old Norse buðkr. Related to German Bottich.

Pronunciation

Noun

burk c

  1. pot, can, jar; an inflexible vessel, usually with lid and often approximately cylindrical, used for storage
  2. (slang) TV set
  3. (slang) computer case
  4. (slang) sidecar (on a motorcycle, chiefly in the context of competitions)
  5. (slang) idiot

Declension

Declension of burk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative burk burken burkar burkarna
Genitive burks burkens burkars burkarnas

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