burk
See also: Burk
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Verb edit
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.
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Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish budhker, from Old Norse buðkr. Related to German Bottich.
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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
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Declension of burk | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | burk | burken | burkar | burkarna |
Genitive | burks | burkens | burkars | burkarnas |
Synonyms edit
- (TV set): dumburk
- (computer case): datorlåda, datorchassi
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References edit
- burk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- burk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- burk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)