different between zerk vs zerg

English

Etymology

After Austrian-born American inventor Oscar U. Zerk.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /z?k/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /z??k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k

Noun

zerk (plural zerks)

1. A grease nipple.
   • 2005, Roger Welsch, From Tinkering to Torquing, page 99,

     The moral is, if you don't keep grease in those zerks, you're going to be replacing some expensive parts. To grease through a zerk, you simply push the business end of a grease gun onto the zerk—it will pop right on with a little pressure—and work the handle until a bit of grease can be seen oozing out of the joint you are lubricating.

   • 2007, Jim Allen, Jeep 4X4 Performance Handbook, page 97,

     A lot depends on which type of greaseable U-joint we are talking about. There are two basic types, those that have a zerk fitting at the center of the cross and those that are drilled but have the zerk in the cap. A tiny hole drilled down the center of a U-joint has no effect on strength but a zerk at the cross does.

   • 2014, Tim Gilles, Automotive Service: Inspection, Maintenance, Repair, 5th Edition, page 206,

     Figure 14.12 Wipe off the end of a zerk fitting before attaching the grease gun.

Anagrams

• Rezk

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?erk/

Pronoun

zerk

1. ergative indefinite of zer; what

Usage notes

See nork.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sarc, serc, from Vulgar Latin *sarcus, from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (sarkophágos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?rk/
• Hyphenation: zerk
• Rhymes: -?rk

Noun

zerk m (plural zerken, diminutive zerkje n)

1. gravestone, headstone

Synonyms

• grafsteen

Derived terms

• grafzerk

References

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• zerik

Noun

zerk f

1. yolk

See also

• zerde f
• zerdik f
• zere f
• zerik f

English

Etymology

From the game StarCraft (1998), in which the easily mass-produced Zerg units encourage such a strategy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z??(?)?/

Verb

zerg (third-person singular simple present zergs, present participle zerging, simple past and past participle zerged)

1. (slang, video games, strategy games) To attack an opponent with a large swarm of units before they have been able to build sufficient defences.
   • 2002, "Wolfie", Re: Whoa - massive changes due in next patch (on newsgroup alt.games.everquest)

     You can't win with small, balanced groups. You have to zerg the mob with a high number of players. They don't have to zerg lower tier encounters just like the lowest tier guilds doesn't have to zerg orc camp 1 in EC. But, at the top end, it's still zerg tactics.

   • 2003, "George", Finding groups to mission/hunt/other experience with (on newsgroup alt.games.starwarsgalaxies)

     The scale and lack of focused content doesn't facilitate this grouping as well as some other games. The good side of that is you don't get the "wonderful" experience of zerging around DF with everyone else waiting for something to spawn.

   • 2008, "neithskye", AV after the last changes... (on newsgroup alt.games.warcraft)

     No one ever did D (or just 3-4 people tried), we just zerged, and we would lose every single AV.

Synonyms

• cheese, rush

Translations

Noun

zerg (plural zergs)

1. (slang, video games) A very large group of units or players.

Synonyms

• blob

Anagrams

• Grez