Berk

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Berk¹

Where it comes from

* As a Dutch, Czech, and Polish surname, from a Germanic personal name stemming from Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”). Also see Bernhard.

* As a Dutch and north German surname, from the word for birch tree, from Proto-West Germanic *berku.

* As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Berg.

proper noun

  1. A surname.

berk²

  • /bɝk/ US
  • /bɜː(ɹ)k/ UK

Sounds like birk, Bourke, burk, Burke, burke · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)k

Where it comes from

Cockney rhyming slang, an ellipsis and clipping of Berkeley Hunt, a prominent hunt at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, to mean cunt.

noun berks

  1. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar a fool, a prat, a twit, etc. However, it appears as if the berk who built the box ran out of wood and has left the end wall off.

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