Word.ws English Dictionary

borked

UK/bɔːkt/US/boɹkt/

borked adjective: particularly of computers or other complex devices: broken, damaged, out of order. Also the simple past and past participle of bork.

Adjective

borked (comparative more borked, superlative most borked)

  1. (humorous, slang) Particularly of computers or other complex devices: broken, damaged, out of order.
    • As a PC technician, you're responsible for doing a certain amount of network troubleshooting, but if the router is really borked, it'll require more management than you'd be expected to handle (or be tested on in the A+ exam).2011, Ben Conry, 31 Days Before Your CompTIA A+ Exams, Cisco Press, →ISBN, page 175
    • Diagnosing a "borked" motherboard can be an exercise in frustration. If an accidental static discharge damaged some of the electronic components on the board, it may be next to impossible to trace down the exact fault.2012, Ben Conry, “Troubleshooting Storage Devices, Motherboards, and Power Supplies”, in 31 Days before Your CompTIA A+ Exams, 2nd edition, Indianapolis, Ind.: Cisco Press, →ISBN, page 129

Verb capitalized: Borked

Borked

  1. (participle, past) simple past and past participle of Bork. (Alternative letter-case form of borked.)

Also used as

borked is also the simple past and past participle of bork.

Forms of borked

Adjective
comparativemore borked
superlativemost borked
Verb
alternative formBorked

Origin of borked

From bork + -ed.

Words that rhyme with borked

Questions about borked

What does borked mean?
Borked means particularly of computers or other complex devices: broken, damaged, out of order.
What part of speech is borked?
Borked can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce borked?
Borked is pronounced /bɔːkt/ (UK).

Words near borked in the dictionary

  1. Borjon
  2. Borjons
  3. bork
  4. borkage
  5. borkages
  6. borked
  7. borken
  8. borkha
  9. borkhas
  10. Borkholder
  11. Borkholders

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: borked (page history and authors); Borked (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-au-borked.ogg.

Cite this entry: “borked.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/borked. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.