burke
English
Etymology
Eponymous, from William Burke.
Pronunciation
- enPR: bûrk, IPA(key): /bɜː(ɹ)k/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(r)k
Verb
burke (third-person singular simple present burkes, present participle burking, simple past and past participle burked)
- (Britain, slang) To murder by suffocation
- 1829 February 2, Times (London), 3/5
- As soon as the executioner proceeded to his duty, the cries of ‘Burke him, Burke him—give him no rope’... were vociferated... ‘Burke Hare too!’
- 1829 February 2, Times (London), 3/5
- (Britain, slang, historical) To murder for the same purpose as Burke, to kill in order to have a body to sell to anatomists, surgeons, etc.
- 1833, T. Hook, Parson's Daughter, II. i. 26
- Perhaps he is Burked, and his body sold for nine pounds.
- 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, Chapter 31:
- ‘You don’t mean to say he was burked, Sam?’ said Mr. Pickwick, looking hastily round.
- 1833, T. Hook, Parson's Daughter, II. i. 26
- (Britain, slang) To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.
- 1835, J. A. Roebuck. Dorchester Labourers, 6/1 (note)
- The reporters left it out... Those who spoke in favour of the poor men, were what the reporters call burked.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, "A Bank Fraud," Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, page 128:
- He put away—burked—the Directors' letter, and went in to talk to Riley
- 1953, Robert Graves, Poems, 4
- Socrates and Plato burked the issue.
- 1835, J. A. Roebuck. Dorchester Labourers, 6/1 (note)
See also
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpurːke/
Inflection
Even e-stem, rk-rkk gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | burke | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | burkke | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | burke | burkket | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | burkke | burkkiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | burkke | burkkiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | burkii | burkkiide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | burkkes | burkkiin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | burkkiin | burkkiiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | burken | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
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