burk

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɜːk/ (General American) IPA(key): /bɝk/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k Homophones: berk, birk, Bourke, Burke, burke === Verb === burk (third-person singular simple present burks, present participle burking, simple past and past participle burked) (intransitive, slang, Southern US) To vomit. === Anagrams === BRUK == Polish == === Pronunciation === (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈburk/ (Masovia): (Far Masovian) IPA(key): [ˈburk] (Lesser Poland): (Goral): (Podhale) IPA(key): [ˈburk] === Noun === burk m inan (Middle Polish, Far Masovian, Suchożebry, Podhale) alternative form of bruk (“cobblestone; stony ground”) === Further reading === Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “burk”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] Wiesław Morawski (22.04.2013), “BRUK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century] Jan Karłowicz (1900), “burk”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 122 == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish budhker, from Old Norse buðkr. Related to German Bottich. Compare dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk burk. === Pronunciation === === Noun === burk c pot, can, jar; an inflexible vessel, usually with lid and often approximately cylindrical, used for storage (slang) TV set (slang) computer case (slang) sidecar (on a motorcycle, chiefly in the context of competitions) (slang) idiot ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (TV set): dumburk (computer case): datorlåda, datorchassi ==== Derived terms ==== === References === burk in Svensk ordbok (SO) burk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) burk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Anagrams === bruk