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berk.

a fool, a prat, a twit, etc.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɝk/General-American/bɜː(ɹ)k/UK
  1. a fool, a prat, a twit, etc.

    Commonwealth · Ireland · UK · derogatory · slang · vulgar
Where this word comes from

Cockney rhyming slang, an ellipsis and clipping of Berkeley Hunt, a prominent hunt at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, to mean cunt.

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