name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
bork
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/bɔː(ɹ)k/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)k
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homophone: bork
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Received-Pronunciation: /bɔːk/
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General-American: /boɹk/
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CMU ARPABET: B AO1 R K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The bald notothen or bald rockcod (Pagothenia borchgrevinki), a species of cod icefish (Nototheniidae) native to the Southern Ocean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 3
The sound that a dog makes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, humorous
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verb
Meaning 4
To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, ambitransitive, derogatory, often
Topics: government, politics
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verb
Meaning 5
To misconfigure, break, or damage, especially a computer or other complex device.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To become broken or damaged, especially of a computer or other complex device.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, slang
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verb
Meaning 7
Of a dog, to bark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, humorous
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verb
Meaning 8
To boink; to have sex with.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, vulgar
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verb
Meaning 9
To retch or vomit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Qualifier: Liverpool
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verb
Meaning 10
Alternative letter-case form of bork.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
Etymology
From the species name of Pagothenia borchgrevinki.
Mutation of bark.
A reference to the unsuccessful 1987 United States Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork (1927–2012); first appeared in print that same year.
Possibly derived from borken, a deliberate misspelling of the word broken used in ironic or humorous contexts; or from the usage described under “Etymology 1” above. Alternatively, sourced from the Muppet's Swedish Chef, see Swedish Chef
Perhaps from a blend of boink + pork.
Onomatopoeic, representing the sound of vomiting. Possibly related to boak.