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
- 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
- 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.