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gerkin

gerkin is the obsolete spelling of gherkin.

Meaning of gherkin

Noun

gherkin (plural gherkins)

  1. A small cucumber, often pickled whole.
  2. (Ireland, UK) Pickled cucumber regardless of size; a pickle
  3. (slang) The penis.
    • “Even my gherkin is sorry, and it didn't talk shit about anybody," persists Adrian. The edge of Titus's mouth quivers in laughter.2008, E. Lockhart, Fly on the Wall

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Proper noun capitalized: Gerkin

Gerkin (plural Gerkins)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of gerkin

Noun
pluralgerkins
Proper noun
pluralGerkins

Origin of gerkin

Variant of German Gerken.

Questions about gerkin

What does gerkin mean?
Gerkin means a surname from German.
What is gerkin the obsolete spelling of?
Gerkin is the obsolete spelling of gherkin.
What part of speech is gerkin?
Gerkin is a proper noun.

Words near gerkin in the dictionary

  1. geris
  2. Gerke
  3. Gerken
  4. Gerkens
  5. Gerkes
  6. gerkin
  7. gerkins
  8. Gerlach
  9. Gerlache Inlet
  10. Gerlache Island
  11. Gerlache Strait

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gerkin (page history and authors); Gerkin (page history and authors); gherkin (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.

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