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gurk /ɡəːk /informal verb [no object]Emit a belch: they grunted and gurked with an unconcern that amazed me...- We trooped back to the stable, where Brinny was still gurking fiercely.
- the Instructress fell back in disorder when I came bellying up to her, whining and waving my hands and gurking out great poisonous gusts of garlic.
- He ate for an hour without stopping, then finally gurked several times from the very bottom of his satisfied stomach.
nounA belch: the silence was broken by a shattering gurk from Elspeth Paula...- The surging turned out to be a huge gurk.
- He began to say grace with a gurk, and his guts grumbled.
- A sea lion let out a loud 'gurk' as it gulped down its dinner.
Origin Early 20th century: imitative. |