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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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