irk

Etymology

From Middle English irken (“to tire, grow weary”), from Old Norse yrkja (“to work”), from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”). Cognate with Icelandic yrkja (“to compose”), Swedish yrka (“to urge, argue”), Old English wyrcan, wyrċean (“to work”). More at work.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɜːk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɝk/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)k

Verb

irk (third-person singular simple present irks, present participle irking, simple past and past participle irked)

1. (transitive) to irritate; annoy; bother

   It irks me doing all this work and have someone wreck it.

Anagrams

• IKR, Kri, kir, rik

Noun

irk

1. plural of ark