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kirk¹

  • /kɜːk/ UK
  • /kəɹk/ US
  • /kɔʶːk/ Northumbria
  • /kɪɾk/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)k

Where it comes from

Inherited from Northern Middle English kirke, borrowed from Old Norse kirkja, borrowed from Old English ċiriċe, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, borrowed from Koine Greek κῡρῐᾰκόν (kūrĭăkón), a nominalization of κῡριακός (kūriakós), or from Ancient Greek -ον (-on). Doublet of church.

Verb sense comes from assassination of American right-wing activist Charlie Kirk by a neck snipe on September 10th, 2025.

noun kirks · kyrk

  1. Northern England, Scotland A church. The Ship was cheer'd, the Harbour clear'd— / Merrily did we drop / Below the Kirk, below the Hill, / Below the Light-house top.

verb kirks · kirking · kirked · kyrk

  1. Internet, US, humorous to experience intense neck pain and/or incapacitated by it
  2. Internet, US, humorous to hit someone in the neck (stings, hickeys etc)
  3. Internet, US, humorous to kill Does Kirkiversary start at the time Kirk was kirked or after Tim Pool's sources confirmed Kirk was stable?

Kirk²

  • /kɜːk/ UK
  • /kɜɹk/ US
  • /kɪɾk/ Scotland

Sounds like kirk · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)k

Where it comes from

From kirk, from Northern Middle English kirke, borrowed from Old Norse kirkja, borrowed from Old English ċiriċe, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, borrowed from Koine Greek κῡρῐᾰκόν (kūrĭăkón), a nominalization of κῡριακός (kūriakós), or from Ancient Greek -ον (-on). Doublet of Church.

The sense meaning fellatio as well as the verb are derived from the shooting of Charlie Kirk, as he was shot in the neck (“fellatio”).

proper noun Kirks · Kirke

  1. UK, countable, uncountable The Church of Scotland. I suspect that members of the Church of Scotland who stop going, stop thinking of themselves as part of the Kirk much more readily.
  2. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Middle English. One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and
  3. countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname. President Joe Biden sent a heartfelt letter to ESPN “College GameDay” football analyst Kirk Herbstreit after his adored golden retriever, Ben, died of cancer last month.
  4. countable, uncountable A village in Ismayilli district, Azerbaijan.
  5. countable, uncountable A small settlement in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS grid ref ND2859).
  6. countable, uncountable A community in West Nipissing, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
  7. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Yuma County, Colorado.
  8. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon.
  9. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
  10. countable, uncountable Former name of Kirkwood: a census-designated place in Alpine County and Amador County, California.

noun Kirke

  1. Internet, uncountable Fellatio. I wanna get some sloppy kirk to this song

    Similar: brain, dome, head, mouth music, neck, Kirk

verb Kirks · Kirking · Kirked · Kirke

  1. slang, transitive To kill or assassinate, especially for political reasons. I was even sent a pornographic image of a nude man. One individual stated that I should be ‘Kirked.’

    Similar: Charlie Kirk, JFK

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: trew, hey, aberdonian, blackwelder, kok, kock, chekov, cathedral, basilica, abbey, minster, church, chapel, shrine, parish, meetinghouse

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@misc{kirk_2026,
  title = {kirk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kirk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}