"burk" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-burk.ogg [Australia] Forms: burks [present, singular, third-person], burking [participle, present], burked [participle, past], burked [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k Head templates: {{en-verb}} burk (third-person singular simple present burks, present participle burking, simple past and past participle burked)
  1. (Southern US, slang, intransitive) To vomit. Tags: Southern-US, intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-burk-en-verb-ndNoz1AC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Southern US English

Inflected forms

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