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English
Etymology
A slang shortening of carcass + it. Not related to cark (“to worry”). Used frequently in Australia.
Pronunciation
Verb
cark it (third-person singular simple present carks it, present participle carking it, simple past and past participle carked it)
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To die.
The guy was running, then he had a heart attack and carked it.
1989, Kathy Lette, Girl′s Night Out, →ISBN, page 86:He′d always bragged about carking it before he hit twenty. When he turned twenty, he escalated the date of his demise to twenty-five.
1998, Barry Westburg, Glenda & Me & Meathead Go For Broke: Rage of Angels: Expatriate Tales, page 74:If I hit the little shit too hard his parents could even sue me. There′s a fine line between self-defence and pure and simple mayhem. The little bastard might even cark it.
2010, Betty Webb, The Koala of Death, page 10:“Hi Bill. Zorah told you about Kate?”
“That she carked it? Yeh.” Translation: That she died. Yeah.
He flapped his hand in a go-away gesture and started toward the koalas, but not before I saw a haunted look in his eyes. Did he still care for Kate?