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lirk

lirk verb: to jerk.

Verb

lirk (third-person singular simple present lirks, present participle lirking, simple past and past participle lirked)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To jerk.
  2. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To crease; rumple; cause to hang in loose folds.
  3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To become creased or wrinkled.

Noun

lirk (plural lirks)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) A crease; rumple; fold.
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) A fold in the skin; a wrinkle.

Forms of lirk

Verb
third-person singular presentlirks
present participlelirking
past participlelirked
pastlirked
alternative formlurk
alternative formlerk
alternative formlairk
alternative formlark
Noun
plurallirks

Origin of lirk

From Middle English lyrken, from Old Norse lerka (“to plait, fold, bind, lace up tightly, chastise”), related to Old Norse lurkr (“cudgel, club”) (see Proto-Celtic *lorgā).

From Middle English lerke, from the verb. See above.

Words that rhyme with lirk

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Questions about lirk

What does lirk mean?
Lirk means to jerk.
What part of speech is lirk?
Lirk can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of lirk?
The past tense of lirk is lirked.

Words near lirk in the dictionary

  1. liripipes
  2. liripipia
  3. liripipium
  4. liripoop
  5. liripoops
  6. lirk
  7. lirked
  8. lirking
  9. lirks
  10. lirnyk
  11. lirnyks

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