gurk

gurk

slang Primarily heard in UK.

1. verb To expel digestive gas from one's mouth, especially noisily; to belch. Yuck, you gurked right in my face! I can smell what you had for lunch! Please say "excuse me" after you gurk, Jennifer. Could you not gurk like that at the dinner table, please?

2. noun A belch. Reginald opened his mouth and let out the noisiest gurk I'd ever heard! Wow, that was quite the gurk! It must have been from all that soda. A: "Grandma!" B: "I'm sorry, but you can't hold anything back at this age—including gurks."

3. noun A short, stocky, well-built person. Primarily heard in Scotland. Aye, a strapping young gurk like Tom will have nay problem moving these stones by 'imself! Henry, your grandmother simply can't pick you up anymore—you're too much of a gurk now. I could see a gurk like him being an asset to the wrestling team.

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girked

mod. intoxicated with heroin. He shot himself up and was girked in no time.

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