kirk

UK/kɜːk//kɜɹk/

kirk noun: a church.

Noun (1)

kirk (plural kirks)

(Northern England, Scotland) A church.
- The Ship was cheer'd, the Harbour clear'd— / Merrily did we drop / Below the Kirk, below the Hill, / Below the Light-house top.1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

Proper noun capitalized: Kirk

Kirk (countable and uncountable, plural Kirks)

(UK) The Church of Scotland.
- I suspect that members of the Church of Scotland who stop going, stop thinking of themselves as part of the Kirk much more readily.2024 January 11, Kelvin Holdsworth, “What’s really happening to the churches in Scotland”, in Thurible.net
A habitational surname from Middle English.
- One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman...2015 May 12, Alexandra Jaffe, “First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents”, in CNN
- It had been 2,836 days since Chris Kirk last won on the PGA Tour. Yet after securing his first victory in over seven years on Sunday, that was not the first milestone the American golfer had on his mind.2023 February 27, Jack Bantock, “Chris Kirk battled alcoholism and depression – now he has secured his first PGA Tour victory in seven years”, in CNN
A male given name transferred from the surname.
- President Joe Biden sent a heartfelt letter to ESPN “College GameDay” football analyst Kirk Herbstreit after his adored golden retriever, Ben, died of cancer last month.2024 December 4, Wayne Sterling, “President Biden honors Kirk Herbstreit’s late, football-loving dog Ben in heartfelt letter”, in CNN
A village in Ismayilli district, Azerbaijan.
A small settlement in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS grid ref ND2859).
A community in West Nipissing, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
A census-designated place in Yuma County, Colorado.
An unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon.
An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
Former name of Kirkwood: a census-designated place in Alpine County and Amador County, California.

Noun (2) capitalized: Kirk

Kirk (uncountable)

(Internet) Fellatio.
- I wanna get some sloppy kirk to this song2025 September 29, @rn5150_, Instagram, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2025
- do you guys think donnie was giving him insane kirk here or was it just mid2025 November 15, @thefenren, Twitter, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2025
Synonyms:

brain, dome, head, mouth music, neck

Verb capitalized: Kirk

Kirk (third-person singular simple present Kirks, present participle Kirking, simple past and past participle Kirked)

(slang, transitive) To kill or assassinate, especially for political reasons.
- I was even sent a pornographic image of a nude man. One individual stated that I should be ‘Kirked.’2025 September 19, Maegan Summers, Sean Curtis, “‘Liberalism is domestic terrorism’: Local minister’s sermon sparks backlash”, in WBOC, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2025
- "And soon after [he] declared to us, 'you should die,' followed by, 'I am going to Kirk you,' which you could only think that means I'm either using your imagination going to shoot you or kill you," said Beesley.2026 January 24, Peter D'Abrosca, “Campus Radicals: Union member tell-all, Dems back to DEI ways, more violent leftist threats on campus”, in Fox News, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2026
Synonyms:

Charlie Kirk, JFK

kirk meaning in Urdu and Bengali

Examples of kirk in a sentence

Kirk leaned forward and picked up his mic before setting back into an upright position.
Kirk sat onstage with his wife Friday night and drove home the weekend’s message.
Kirk Keffer, things didn't look right on the quiet street in the industrial part of town.

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Forms of kirk

Noun
plural	kirks
alternative form (obsolete)	kyrk
Proper noun
plural	Kirks
alternative form	Kirke
Verb
third-person singular present	Kirks
present participle	Kirking
past participle	Kirked
past	Kirked

Plural of kirk: kirks

Origin of kirk

Inherited from Northern Middle English kirke, borrowed from Old Norse kirkja, borrowed from Old English ċiriċe, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, borrowed from Koine Greek κῡρῐᾰκόν (kūrĭăkón), a nominalization of κῡριακός (kūriakós), or from Ancient Greek -ον (-on). Doublet of church.

English Kirk From kirk, from Northern Middle English kirke, borrowed from Old Norse kirkja, borrowed from Old English ċiriċe, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, borrowed from Koine Greek κῡρῐᾰκόν (kūrĭăkón), a nominalization of κῡριακός (kūriakós), or from Ancient Greek -ον (-on). Doublet of Church. The sense meaning fellatio as well as the verb are derived from the shooting of Charlie Kirk, as he was shot in the neck (“fellatio”).

From Charlie Kirk, an assassinated right-wing media personality.

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Questions about kirk

What does kirk mean?: Kirk means a church.
What is kirk in Urdu?: Kirk in Urdu is گرجا. See Kirk meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is kirk?: Kirk can be a noun, a proper noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce kirk?: Kirk is pronounced /kɜːk/ (UK).
What is the plural of kirk?: The plural of kirk is kirks.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kirk (page history and authors); Kirk (page history and authors); kirk (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); kirk (Bengali Wiktionary) (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: 2026-09-02

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