"borked" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /bɔːkt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /boɹkt/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-borked.ogg [Australia] Forms: more borked [comparative], most borked [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kt Etymology: bork + -ed. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bork|ed}} bork + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj}} borked (comparative more borked, superlative most borked)
  1. (slang, humorous) Particularly of computers or other complex devices: broken, damaged, out of order. Tags: humorous, slang
    Sense id: en-borked-en-adj-O-N5oBUX

Verb

IPA: /bɔːkt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /boɹkt/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-borked.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kt Etymology: bork + -ed. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bork|ed}} bork + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} borked
  1. simple past and past participle of bork. Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: bork Synonyms: Borked
    Sense id: en-borked-en-verb--5~KyS7I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 16 84

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