hork

== English == === Alternative forms === hoark === Etymology === Onomatopoeia or imitative. For “cough up” sense, compare hawk/hock (16th century), which are almost homophonous in non-rhotic accents. For “throw” sense, compare huck. The “foul up” sense is presumably influenced by bork (late 1990s), from broken. The “steal” sense may be related to hook, which has the same slang meaning. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɔː(ɹ)k/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k === Verb === hork (third-person singular simple present horks, present participle horking, simple past and past participle horked) (slang) (computing) To foul up; to be occupied with difficulty, tangle, or unpleasantness; to be broken. (regional) To steal, especially petty theft or misnomer in jest. To vomit, cough up. To gulp To throw. To eat hastily or greedily; to gobble. (transitive) To move. ==== Usage notes ==== Senses “eat quickly” and “vomit” can be ambiguous, particularly when applied to food – this is a contranym. These senses can be disambiguated by using "hork up" for "vomit" and "hork down" for "eat quickly." ==== Synonyms ==== (foul up): bork (throw): hork (cough up): hawk, hock (gobble): gobble, scarf, scoff === Anagrams === Kohr, Kroh, khor == Dutch == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦɔrk/ Hyphenation: hork === Noun === hork m (plural horken, diminutive horkje n) (derogatory) a blunt, somewhat rude person ==== Derived terms ==== horkerig