burke

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: bûrk, IPA(key): /bɜː(ɹ)k/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k Homophones: berk, birk, Bourke, burk, Burke === Etymology 1 === Eponymous, from William Burke. ==== Verb ==== burke (third-person singular simple present burkes, present participle burking, simple past and past participle burked) (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To murder by suffocation. 1829 February 2, Times (London), 3/5 As soon as the executioner proceeded to his duty, the cries of ‘Burke him, Burke him—give him no rope’... were vociferated... ‘Burke Hare too!’ (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, historical) To murder for the same purpose as Burke, to kill in order to have a body to sell to anatomists, surgeons, etc. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress. ===== Derived terms ===== burker ===== See also ===== bishop === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== burke (plural burkes) (British, slang) Alternative form of berk. === Anagrams === Buker, Burek, burek == Northern Sami == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpurːke/ === Noun === burke can, tin ==== Inflection ==== ==== Further reading ==== Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland