different between copulate vs firk

English

Etymology

Latin copulare (“to couple”) perfect participle, from stem copulat-.

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?p.j?.le?t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?k?.pj?.le?t/
  • Rhymes: -?pj?le?t
• (adjective)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?p.j?.l?t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?k?.pj?.l?t/

Verb

copulate (third-person singular simple present copulates, present participle copulating, simple past and past participle copulated)

1. (somewhat formal) To engage in sexual intercourse.

Synonyms

• fuck, have sex, make love, screw, swive, bang, sleep together, boff
• See also Thesaurus:copulate

Related terms

• copulin
• copulation
• copulator
• copulatee
• copulable
• copulability

Translations

Adjective

copulate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Joined; associated; coupled.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Custom and Education

     the force of custome copulate, and conioyn'd

2. (grammar) Joining subject and predicate; copulative.

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Anagrams

• outplace

Italian

Verb

copulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of copulare
2. second-person plural imperative of copulare
3. feminine plural of copulato

Anagrams

• peculato

Latin

Verb

c?pul?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of c?pul?

References

• copulate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• copulate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Alternative forms

• ferk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??(?)k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k

Etymology 1

From Middle English firken, ferken (“to proceed, hasten”), from Old English fercian (“to bring, assist, support, carry, conduct, convey, proceed”); perhaps akin to Old English faran (“to fare, go”), English fare; if so, equivalent to fare +? -k. Cognate with Old High German fuora (“benefit, sustenance, support”), Swabian fergen, ferken (“to bring, dispatch”).

Verb

firk (third-person singular simple present firks, present participle firking, simple past and past participle firked)

1. (transitive) To carry away or about; carry; move.
2. (transitive) To drive away.

   I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. - Shakespeare The Life of Henry the Fifth: IV, iv

3. (transitive) To rouse; raise up.
4. (intransitive) To move quickly; go off or fly out suddenly; turn out.
   • 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist

     A wench is a rare bait, with which a man / No sooner's taken but he straight firks mad.

Noun

firk (plural firks)

1. A stroke; lash.

Etymology 2

Probably an alteration of freak.

Noun

firk (plural firks)

1. (Britain dialectal) A freak; trick; quirk.

Derived terms

• firkery