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Definition dirk

Etymology

Etymology unknown, apparently from Scots. First attested in 1602 as dork, in the later 17th century as durk. The spelling dirk is due to Johnson's Dictionary of 1755.

Early quotations as well as Johnson 1755 suggest that the word is of Scottish Gaelic origin, but no such Gaelic word is known. The Gaelic name for the weapon is biodag. Gaelic duirc is merely an 18th-century adoption of the English word.

A possible derivation is from the Scandinavian personal name Dirk (short for Diederik), which is used of lock-picking tools (but not of knives or daggers). Another possibility is that dork originates as a sailor's or soldier's corruption of dolk, the Dutch and Scandinavian form of German Dolch (�dagger�).

The American slang term may be a variant of dick (�penis�).

Noun

dirk (plural dirks)

A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.
(US, Midwest, dated, slang) A penis; dork.
(US, Midwest, dated, slang) A socially unacceptable person; an oddball.

Verb

dirk (third-person singular simple present dirks, present participle dirking, simple past and past participle dirked)

To stab with a dirk.
(obsolete) To darken.

Results 378 Words with the letters DIRK

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8 letter words with the letters DIRK ↑

BAIDARKA 16

BALDRICK 20

BICKERED 19

BIDARKAS 16

BIDARKEE 16

BIFORKED 19

BIRDLIKE 17

BLINKARD 18

CORDLIKE 17

CRINKLED 18

DAIKERED 14

DARKLIER 14

DARKLING 17

DEERLIKE 14

DEERSKIN 14

DERRICKS 16

DETICKER 16

DICKERED 17

DIEMAKER 16

DISFROCK 19

DISLIKER 14

DONNIKER 15

DORKIEST 13

DORNICKS 17

DRINKERS 14

DRINKING 17

DROPKICK 23

DROSKIES 13

DROUKING 17

DRUMLIKE 18

GRANDKID 17

GRIDLOCK 19

HERDLIKE 16

HYDROSKI 17

IMBARKED 19

IMPARKED 19

KAILYARD 16

KERATOID 13

KIDNAPER 17

KILLDEER 15

KILORADS 14

KINDLERS 15

KINDLIER 15

KINDREDS 15

KINGBIRD 19

KIPPERED 19

LARDLIKE 15

LORDLIKE 15

NICKERED 17

OUTDRINK 15

OVERKIND 18

PRICKLED 20

QINDARKA 23

REDBRICK 19

REDSKINS 14

REEDLIKE 14

REKINDLE 15

RELINKED 15

ROADKILL 15

SHRIEKED 15

SKIDDERS 14

SKIDDIER 14

SKYDIVER 19

STINKARD 14

TIDEMARK 16

TINKERED 14

TRICKLED 17

UNKINDER 16

WICKEDER 19

WRINKLED 18

7 letter words with the letters DIRK ↑

BIDARKA 15

BRICKED 18

BRISKED 15

CHIRKED 17

CRICKED 18

DAIKERS 12

DARKIES 12

DARKING 15

DARKISH 14

DERRICK 15

DICKERS 15

DICKIER 15

DINKIER 13

DIRKING 15

DORKIER 12

DORNICK 16

DRINKER 13

DUCKIER 16

DUIKERS 13

DUSKIER 13

FRISKED 15

KIDDERS 13

KILORAD 13

KINDLER 14

KINDRED 14

KIRTLED 13

PRICKED 18

PRINKED 16

QUIRKED 22

REDSKIN 13

REINKED 13

RODLIKE 13

SHIRKED 14

SKIDDER 13

SKIRLED 13

SKIRRED 12

SKIRTED 12

SMIRKED 15

TRAIKED 12

TRICKED 15

WRICKED 18

6 letter words with the letters DIRK ↑

DAIKER 11

DARKIE 11

DICKER 14

DIKERS 11

DIRKED 12

DRINKS 12

DUIKER 12

KIDDER 12

KINDER 12

KIRNED 12

RICKED 14

RISKED 11

5 letter words with the letters DIRK ↑

DIKER 10

DIRKS 10

DRINK 11

IRKED 10

4 letter words with the letters DIRK ↑

DIRK 9

3 letter words with the letters DIRK ↑

IRK 7

KID 8

KIR 7

RID 4

2 letter words with the letters DIRK ↑

DI 3

ID 3

KI 6

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