"Bork" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /bɔː(ɹ)k/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bork.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bork
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Bork-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 89 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /bɔː(ɹ)k/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bork.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Borks [present, singular, third-person], Borking [participle, present], Borked [past], Borked [participle, past], Borken [participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k Head templates: {{en-verb|past_ptc2=Borken}} Bork (third-person singular simple present Borks, present participle Borking, simple past Borked, past participle Borked or Borken)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of bork. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: bork
    Sense id: en-Bork-en-verb-YdZdmbSk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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