HORK

Etymology

Verb

hork (third-person singular simple present horks, present participle horking, simple past and past participle horked)

(computing, slang) To foul up; to be occupied with difficulty, tangle, or unpleasantness; to be broken.

(slang, regional) To steal, especially petty theft or misnomer in jest.

(slang) To vomit, cough up.

(slang) To throw.

(slang) To eat hastily or greedily; to gobble.

(slang, transitive) To move.

Usage notes

Senses “eat quickly” and “vomit” can be ambiguous, particularly when applied to food – this is a contranym. These senses can be disambiguated by using "hork up" for "vomit" and "hork down" for "eat quickly."

Synonyms

• (foul up): bork

• (throw): hork

• (cough up): hawk, hock

• (gobble): gobble, scarf, scoff

Anagrams

• Kohr, Kroh, khor

Source: Wiktionary



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