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Kirk

//kɜːk// name, noun, verb

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Church of Scotland. British, countable, uncountable

    "I suspect that members of the Church of Scotland who stop going, stop thinking of themselves as part of the Kirk much more readily."

  2. 2
    A habitational surname from Middle English. countable, uncountable

    "One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation."

  3. 3
    A male given name transferred from the surname. countable, uncountable

    "President Joe Biden sent a heartfelt letter to ESPN “College GameDay” football analyst Kirk Herbstreit after his adored golden retriever, Ben, died of cancer last month."

  4. 4
    Numerous places:; A village in Ismayilli district, Azerbaijan. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    Numerous places:; A small settlement in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS grid ref ND2859). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Numerous places:; A community in West Nipissing, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    Numerous places:; Numerous places in the United States.; A census-designated place in Yuma County, Colorado. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    Numerous places:; Numerous places in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    Numerous places:; Numerous places in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    Numerous places:; Numerous places in the United States.; Former name of Kirkwood: a census-designated place in Alpine County and Amador County, California. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A church. Northern-England, Scotland

    "When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her."

  2. 2
    Fellatio. Internet, uncountable

    "I wanna get some sloppy kirk to this song"

  3. 3
    a Scottish church wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    to experience intense neck pain and/or incapacitated by it Internet, US, humorous
  2. 2
    to hit someone in the neck (stings, hickeys etc) Internet, US, humorous
  3. 3
    to give oral sex (i.e. "neck") Internet, US, humorous

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Northern Middle English kyrke, from either Old Norse kirkja or Old English ċiriċe. Doublet of church. Verb sense comes from assassination of American right-wing activist Charlie Kirk on September 10th, 2025.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Northern Middle English kyrke, from either Old Norse kirkja or Old English ċiriċe. Doublet of church. Verb sense comes from assassination of American right-wing activist Charlie Kirk on September 10th, 2025.

Etymology 3

From kirk (“church”). Doublet of Church. The sense meaning fellatio is derived from the shooting of Charlie Kirk, as he was shot in the neck (“fellatio”).

Etymology 4

From kirk (“church”). Doublet of Church. The sense meaning fellatio is derived from the shooting of Charlie Kirk, as he was shot in the neck (“fellatio”).

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