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fark
English
Etymology 1
From fuck.
Pronunciation
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /f??k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
Interjection
fark
- (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar) Pronunciation spelling of fuck, used to express surprise, etc.
Usage notes
In Australia and New Zealand, fark is only very slightly less offensive than fuck itself. The only difference in pronunciation between fark and fuck is in vowel length; fuck is pronounced /f?k/.
Etymology 2
From the name of the popular website Fark, because when it links to a small website from its main page, the small site is often subjected to so much new traffic that it is rendered inoperable due to server failure.
Verb
fark (third-person singular simple present farks, present participle farking, simple past and past participle farked)
- (Internet, transitive, US) To subject a website to a high volume of requests, such that the server stops responding.
See also
- Slashdot effect
Anagrams
- frak
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ????, form Arabic ?????? (farq).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fa?k/
- Hyphenation: fark
Noun
fark (definite accusative fark?, plural farklar)
- difference
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
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firk
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)
- (transitive) To carry away or about; carry; move.
- (transitive) To drive away.
- I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. - Shakespeare The Life of Henry the Fifth: IV, iv
- (transitive) To rouse; raise up.
- (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.
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
Noun
firk (plural firks)
- A stroke; lash.
Etymology 2
Probably an alteration of freak.
Noun
firk (plural firks)
- (Britain dialectal) A freak; trick; quirk.
Derived terms
- firkery
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