berk

/ bɜːk /

noun

1. slang.
   a stupid person; fool

Word History and Origins

Origin of berk¹

C20: shortened from Berkeley or Berkshire Hunt rhyming slang for cunt

Example Sentences

Berk, a woman, helps Gibson look marginally less like a dangerous, fire-breathing misogynist.

From The Daily Beast

Certainly not; we never call them the States, and with us c-l-e-r-k spells clerk, and B-e-r-k Berk.

From Project Gutenberg

The oysters came from the usual place, but I'm in high feather, Berk, for I have the best cook in town.

From Project Gutenberg

Berk Matthews is allowed, or rather he comes without being allowed, being a favorite and liable to take his own way.

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"Berk was entirely too keen when he said I had a special purpose in going to town periodically," she began.

From Project Gutenberg

There's another way out of it, Berk; the place reverts to Verlinda in the event of Grace's death.

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