burk
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See also: Burk
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɜːk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɝk/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
- Homophones: berk, birk, Bourke, Burke, burke
Verb
[edit]burk (third-person singular simple present burks, present participle burking, simple past and past participle burked)
- (intransitive, slang, Southern US) To vomit.
- It was nasty, y’all. She just burked all over my sedan.
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[edit]Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈburk/
- (Masovia):
- (Far Masovian) IPA(key): /ˈburk/
- (Lesser Poland):
Noun
[edit]burk m inan
- (Middle Polish, Far Masovian, Suchożebry, Podhale) Alternative form of bruk (“cobblestone; stony ground”)
Further reading
[edit]- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “burk”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Wiesław Morawski (22.04.2013) “BRUK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Jan Karłowicz (1900) “burk”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 122
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish budhker, from Old Norse buðkr. Related to German Bottich. Compare dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk burk.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | burk | burks |
definite | burken | burkens | |
plural | indefinite | burkar | burkars |
definite | burkarna | burkarnas |
Synonyms
[edit]- (TV set): dumburk
- (computer case): datorlåda, datorchassi
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- burk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- burk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- burk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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