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horking

horking is the present participle and gerund of hork.

Meaning of hork

Verb

hork (third-person singular simple present horks, present participle horking, simple past and past participle horked)

  1. (slang) To foul up; to be occupied with difficulty, tangle, or unpleasantness; to be broken.
    • I downloaded the program, but something is horked and it won't load.
    Synonyms:
    bork
  2. (regional, slang) To steal, especially petty theft or misnomer in jest.
    • Can I hork that code from you for my project?
  3. (slang) To vomit, cough up.
    Synonyms:
    hawk, hock
  4. (slang) To gulp
    • Don't just hork it down!
  5. (slang) To throw.
    • Let's go hork pickles at people from the back row of the movie theatre.
  6. (slang) To eat hastily or greedily; to gobble.
    • I don't know what got into her, but she horked all those hoagies last night!
    Synonyms:
    gobble, scarf, scoff

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Questions about horking

What is horking the present participle and gerund of?
Horking is the present participle and gerund of hork.

Words near horking in the dictionary

  1. horked
  2. horkey
  3. horkeys
  4. Horkheimerian
  5. Horki
  6. horking
  7. horks
  8. Horky
  9. Horlacher
  10. Horlachers
  11. horlan

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