Definition of berk in English:

berk

(also burk, burke)

nounbəːk

British informal

A stupid person.
Example sentencesExamples
- But needs must, and this is too important a point to neglect, so I am backing him even though he is a complete and utter berk.
- And who among us would call someone a silly berk if they knew that the word originates from rhyming slang ‘Berkshire Hunt’?
- So I'd just like to apologise to Nicholas for calling him a berk.
- People who glamourise heavy drinking are berks.
- Full-scale, ceiling-splattering explosions are rare, but then berks like my former colleague John are pretty rare as well.
- Luckily I don't think anyone was around to notice, so I still remain the only person who knows what a complete berk I am.
- No, you'll look like a berk in enormous granny boots.
- I felt like a right berk driving back home with the flowers in my car.
- Does he not care, that most of the human race probably think he is a bit of a berk?
- ‘Won't catch me putting out to sea with that berk,’ Dave said.
- In living rooms up and down the country, people were probably saying ‘Those singers are all very well, but who's the berk in the background?’
- Even without his help there are clearly enough berks in that house to ensure failure at every turn.
- As so many times before, he considered scrapping the annoying little robotic berk.
- ‘You pitiful, foppish, berk,’ I irritably retorted, in my head.
- The last time we met, our chat was interrupted by a berk landing his helicopter; that was a year ago, but it's the first thing he mentions today.
- You could swim around like a berk with water halfway up your nose.
Synonyms
idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod

Origin

1930s: abbreviation of Berkeley or Berkshire Hunt, rhyming slang for 'cunt'.

This British slang term for a stupid person is generally regarded as fairly acceptable in polite society, but it has a rude origin. It is an abbreviation of Berkeley or Berkshire Hunt, rhyming slang for what has increasingly been called, since the 1970s the C word. The first written example dates from the late 1920s.

Rhymes

berserk, Burke, cirque, dirk, Dunkirk, erk, irk, kirk, lurk, mirk, murk, outwork, perk, quirk, shirk, smirk, stirk, Turk, work

单词	berk
释义	Definition of berk in English: berk (also burk, burke) nounbəːk British informal A stupid person. Example sentencesExamples But needs must, and this is too important a point to neglect, so I am backing him even though he is a complete and utter berk. And who among us would call someone a silly berk if they knew that the word originates from rhyming slang ‘Berkshire Hunt’? So I'd just like to apologise to Nicholas for calling him a berk. People who glamourise heavy drinking are berks. Full-scale, ceiling-splattering explosions are rare, but then berks like my former colleague John are pretty rare as well. Luckily I don't think anyone was around to notice, so I still remain the only person who knows what a complete berk I am. No, you'll look like a berk in enormous granny boots. I felt like a right berk driving back home with the flowers in my car. Does he not care, that most of the human race probably think he is a bit of a berk? ‘Won't catch me putting out to sea with that berk,’ Dave said. In living rooms up and down the country, people were probably saying ‘Those singers are all very well, but who's the berk in the background?’ Even without his help there are clearly enough berks in that house to ensure failure at every turn. As so many times before, he considered scrapping the annoying little robotic berk. ‘You pitiful, foppish, berk,’ I irritably retorted, in my head. The last time we met, our chat was interrupted by a berk landing his helicopter; that was a year ago, but it's the first thing he mentions today. You could swim around like a berk with water halfway up your nose. Synonyms idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod Origin 1930s: abbreviation of Berkeley or Berkshire Hunt, rhyming slang for 'cunt'. This British slang term for a stupid person is generally regarded as fairly acceptable in polite society, but it has a rude origin. It is an abbreviation of Berkeley or Berkshire Hunt, rhyming slang for what has increasingly been called, since the 1970s the C word. The first written example dates from the late 1920s. Rhymes berserk, Burke, cirque, dirk, Dunkirk, erk, irk, kirk, lurk, mirk, murk, outwork, perk, quirk, shirk, smirk, stirk, Turk, work
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