burk

See also: Burk

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɜːk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɝk/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
• Homophones: berk, birk, Bourke, Burke, burke

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, slang, Southern US) To vomit.

   It was nasty, y’all. She just burked all over my sedan.

Anagrams

• BRUK

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈburk/
• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈburk/
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Podhale) IPA^(key): /ˈburk/

Noun

burk m inan

1. (Middle Polish, Far Masovian, Suchożebry, Podhale) Alternative form of bruk (“cobblestone; stony ground”)

Further reading

• 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

Etymology

From Old Swedish budhker, from Old Norse buðkr. Related to German Bottich. Compare dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk burk.

Pronunciation

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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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	burk	burks
	definite	burken	burkens
plural	indefinite	burkar	burkars
	definite	burkarna	burkarnas

Synonyms

• (TV set): dumburk
• (computer case): datorlåda, datorchassi

Derived terms

• aluminiumburk
• barnmatsburk
• burka
• burkautomat
• burkig
• burkinsamling
• burklock
• burkläsk
• burkmat
• burkslav
• burksoppa
• burkträl
• burköl
• burköppnare
• dumburk
• färgburk
• glasburk
• gurkburk
• honungsburk
• kaffeburk
• kakburk
• konservburk
• matburk
• plastburk
• plåtburk
• syltburk
• ölburk

References

• burk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• burk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• burk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• bruk