erkn.

Brit.

/əːk/, U.S.

/ərk/

Forms: Also irk.

Etymology: Of obscure origin.

slang.

a. A naval rating.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > ordinary seaman

common sailor1698

ordinary seaman1702

OS1802

ranker1890

O.D.1916

hostile ord1919

erk1925

white hat1952

rate1977

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 89 Erk, a rating. (Navy). Lower deck colloquialism for any ‘rank’ not that of an officer.

b. An aircraftman, esp. an A.C.2.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > aircraftman or woman

aircraftman1919

AC1928

erk1928

aircraftwoman1939

plonk1941

ACW1942

1928 T. E. Lawrence Let. 20 Jan. (1938) 570 Cranwell, which was a home from home, for the irks.

1940 Reader's Digest May 31/2 The aviators..call their mechanics erks, apparently a corruption of A.C., the abbreviation for aircraftsman.

1943 P. Brennan et al. Spitfires over Malta iii. 65 The erks came running up to tell us that..the 109 had been diving down.

1944 E. Partridge in 19th Cent. Apr. 182 An erk, now used for an A.C.2..meant an air mechanic. This odd word is, the writer believes, a shortened pronunciation of the italicised letters in air mechanic (perhaps in the form of ‘air mech’)... Some airmen less convincingly maintain that it comes from ‘lower-deck hand’.

c. transferred. Used as a term of contempt.

ΚΠ

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 175 Somebody they dislike..may be called..erk, gawp, kid.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	erk
释义	erkn. Brit. /əːk/, U.S. /ərk/ Forms: Also irk. Etymology: Of obscure origin. slang. a. A naval rating. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > ordinary seaman common sailor1698 ordinary seaman1702 OS1802 ranker1890 O.D.1916 hostile ord1919 erk1925 white hat1952 rate1977 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 89 Erk, a rating. (Navy). Lower deck colloquialism for any ‘rank’ not that of an officer. b. An aircraftman, esp. an A.C.2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > aircraftman or woman aircraftman1919 AC1928 erk1928 aircraftwoman1939 plonk1941 ACW1942 1928 T. E. Lawrence Let. 20 Jan. (1938) 570 Cranwell, which was a home from home, for the irks. 1940 Reader's Digest May 31/2 The aviators..call their mechanics erks, apparently a corruption of A.C., the abbreviation for aircraftsman. 1943 P. Brennan et al. Spitfires over Malta iii. 65 The erks came running up to tell us that..the 109 had been diving down. 1944 E. Partridge in 19th Cent. Apr. 182 An erk, now used for an A.C.2..meant an air mechanic. This odd word is, the writer believes, a shortened pronunciation of the italicised letters in air mechanic (perhaps in the form of ‘air mech’)... Some airmen less convincingly maintain that it comes from ‘lower-deck hand’. c. transferred. Used as a term of contempt. ΚΠ 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 175 Somebody they dislike..may be called..erk, gawp, kid. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1925
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