burk
See also: Burk
English
Verb
burk (third-person singular simple present burks, present participle burking, simple past and past participle burked)
- (Southern US, slang, intransitive) To vomit.
- It was nasty, y’all. She just burked all over my sedan.
Anagrams
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish budhker, from Old Norse buðkr. Related to German Bottich.
Pronunciation
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Noun
burk c
- pot, can, jar; an inflexible vessel, usually with lid and often approximately cylindrical, used for storage
- (slang) TV set
- (slang) computer case
- (slang) sidecar (on a motorcycle, chiefly in the context of competitions)
- (slang) idiot
Declension
| Declension of burk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | burk | burken | burkar | burkarna |
| Genitive | burks | burkens | burkars | burkarnas |
Synonyms
- (TV set): dumburk
- (computer case): datorlåda, datorchassi
Derived terms
References
- burk in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
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