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burk

UK/bɜːk/US/bɝk/

burk verb: to vomit.

Verb

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

  1. (Southern US, intransitive, slang) To vomit.
    • It was nasty, y’all. She just burked all over my sedan.

Proper noun capitalized: Burk

Burk

  1. A surname.

Forms of burk

third-person singular presentburks
present participleburking
past participleburked
pastburked

Origin of burk

Variant of Burke.

Words that rhyme with burk

35 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about burk

What does burk mean?
Burk means to vomit.
What part of speech is burk?
Burk can be a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce burk?
Burk is pronounced /bɜːk/ (UK).
What is the past tense of burk?
The past tense of burk is burked.

Words near burk in the dictionary

  1. Buriton
  2. Burj Khalifa
  3. Burjanadze
  4. Burji
  5. Burjuc
  6. burk
  7. Burk. Faso
  8. burka
  9. burkaed
  10. Burkard
  11. Burkart

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