name
Meaning 1
The Church of Scotland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
kirk
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kɜːk/
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General-American: /kɜɹk/
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Scotland: /kɪɾk/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)k
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homophone: kirk
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General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Northumbria: /kɔʁːk/
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CMU ARPABET: K ER1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A habitational surname from Middle English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
Numerous places:
A village in Ismayilli district, Azerbaijan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
Numerous places:
A small settlement in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS grid ref ND2859).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 6
Numerous places:
A community in West Nipissing, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 7
Numerous places:
Numerous places in the United States.
A census-designated place in Yuma County, Colorado.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 8
Numerous places:
Numerous places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 9
Numerous places:
Numerous places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 10
Numerous places:
Numerous places in the United States.
Former name of Kirkwood: a census-designated place in Alpine County and Amador County, California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 11
A church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland
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noun
Meaning 12
Fellatio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brain, dome, head, mouth music, neck, Kirk
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verb
Meaning 13
To kill or assassinate, especially for political reasons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Charlie Kirk, JFK
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
a Scottish church
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: church, church building
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh1- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh1-ryós Proto-Hellenic *kúrios Ancient Greek κῡ́ριος (kū́rios) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ακός (-akós) Koine Greek κῡριακός (kūriakós) Koine Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón)bor. Proto-West Germanic *kirikā Old English ċiriċebor. Old Norse kirkjabor.? ▲ Old English ċiriċe? Northern Middle English kyrke English kirk English Kirk From kirk, from Northern Middle English kyrke, possibly borrowed from Old Norse kirkja, or possibly from Old English ċiriċe. Doublet of Church. The sense meaning fellatio is derived from the shooting of Charlie Kirk, as he was shot in the neck (“fellatio”).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh1- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh1-ryós Proto-Hellenic *kúrios Ancient Greek κῡ́ριος (kū́rios) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ακός (-akós) Koine Greek κῡριακός (kūriakós) Koine Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón)bor. Proto-West Germanic *kirikā Old English ċiriċebor. Old Norse kirkjabor.? ▲ Old English ċiriċe? Northern Middle English kyrke English kirk Inherited from Northern Middle English kyrke, possibly borrowed from Old Norse kirkja, or possibly from Old English ċiriċe. Doublet of church.