(countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
(figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
(medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
(nautical) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
(obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
(poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
The envelopment or outer covering of anything.
The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
verb
(intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
(intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
(transitive) To speak sharply.
To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
To girdle.
To strip the bark from; to peel.
berk
berk
noun
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory, vulgar) Synonym of cunt in its various senses, (now especially somewhat endearing) a fool, a prat, a twit, etc.
birk
birk
noun
(Britain, slang) Alternative spelling of berk
(Northern England) A birch tree.
A Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus, syn. Leuciscus phoxinus).
bklr
bkpr
bork
bork
noun
(Internet slang, humorous) The sound a dog makes.
(informal) The bald notothen or bald rockcod (Pagothenia borchgrevinki), a species of cod icefish (Nototheniidae) native to the Southern Ocean.
verb
(Internet slang, humorous) (of a dog) To bark
(intransitive, slang) To become broken or damaged, especially of a computer or other complex device.
(transitive, intransitive, US politics, often derogatory) To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.
(transitive, slang) To misconfigure, break, or damage, especially a computer or other complex device.
(vulgar, slang) To boink.
brok
burk
burk
verb
(Southern US, slang, intransitive) To vomit.
karb
kbar
kbar
noun
Abbreviation of kilobar.
kerb
kerb
noun
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) The raised edge between the pavement and the roadway, typically made of concrete though originally consisting of a line of kerbstones.
A stone ring built to enclose and sometimes revet the cairn or barrow built over a chamber tomb.
Alternative form of curb (“raised margin along the edge of a well, etc.”)
verb
(Britain, transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.
To take a dog to the kerb for the purpose of evacuating.