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berk

UK/bɜː(ɹ)k/US/bɝk/

berk noun: a fool, a prat, a twit, etc.

Noun

berk (plural berks)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar) a fool, a prat, a twit, etc.
    • However, it appears as if the berk who built the box ran out of wood and has left the end wall off.1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 119
    • His chat-up techniques have to be read to be imagined—they make the crudest of Loaded-style berks seem classy—and he earns far, far too much money.2003 July 12, Nicholas Lezard, “Ad execs quoting Gramsci? Only in France”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    fool and idiot

Proper noun capitalized: Berk

Berk

  1. A surname.

berk meaning in Bengali

berk in Bengali

বোকা, নির্বোধ ব্যক্তি

Synonyms of berk

  • fool and idiot

Forms of berk

pluralberks

Origin of berk

Cockney rhyming slang, an ellipsis and clipping of Berkeley Hunt, a prominent hunt at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, to mean cunt.

* As a Dutch, Czech, and Polish surname, from a Germanic personal name stemming from Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”). Also see Bernhard. * As a Dutch and north German surname, from the word for birch tree, from Proto-West Germanic *berku. * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Berg.

Words that rhyme with berk

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Questions about berk

What does berk mean?
Berk means a fool, a prat, a twit, etc.
What is berk in Bengali?
Berk in Bengali is বোকা, নির্বোধ ব্যক্তি. See Berk meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is berk?
Berk can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce berk?
Berk is pronounced /bɝk/ (US).
What is the plural of berk?
The plural of berk is berks.

Words near berk in the dictionary

  1. Beristains
  2. berit milah
  3. berith milah
  4. Beriu
  5. Berivoj
  6. berk
  7. Berk-Tabatznik syndrome
  8. Berkebile
  9. Berkebiles
  10. berkelate
  11. berkelates

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