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borks

UK/bɔːks/US/bɔɹks/

borks is the plural of bork.

borks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bork.

Meaning of bork

Noun (1)

bork (plural borks)

  1. (informal) The bald notothen or bald rockcod (Pagothenia borchgrevinki), a species of cod icefish (Nototheniidae) native to the Southern Ocean.
    • Near the water surface, Mayflower hunted for larger prey in the form of "borks." Pagothenia borchgrevinki "bork," for short—are buggy-eyed, dark-spotted fish with a Mohawk ridge of fins along the top. They live among the ice crystals formed by the platelet ice, hiding just below the frozen surface...2004, Terre M. Williams, The Hunter’s Breath: On Expedition with the Weddell Seals of the Antarctic, New York, N.Y.: M. Evans and Company, →ISBN, page 199

Noun (2)

bork (plural borks)

  1. (Internet, humorous) The sound that a dog makes.
    • Understanding doggo memes requires a previous knowledge of doggo meme jargon, including words such as bamboozled (a word that basically signifies confusion in any context) and bork (for a dog’s bark).2017 October 19, Rachel Henry, “Heckin’ bamboozled”, in The Daily Californian

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Verb capitalized: Borks

Borks

  1. (indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of Bork. (Alternative letter-case form of borks.)

Questions about borks

What is borks the plural of?
Borks is the plural of bork.
What part of speech is borks?
Borks is a verb.
How do you pronounce borks?
Borks is pronounced /bɔːks/ (UK).

Words near borks in the dictionary

  1. borkings
  2. Borko
  3. Borkovsky
  4. Borkowski
  5. Borkowskis
  6. borks
  7. Borkum
  8. borky
  9. Borland
  10. Borlase
  11. Borley

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