burke

Verb

1. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, slang) To murder by suffocation.
2. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, historical, slang) To murder for the same purpose as Burke, to kill in order to have a body to sell to anatomists, surgeons, etc.
3. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, slang) To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.

Noun

Alternative form of berk.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɜː(ɹ)k/

Etymology

Eponymous, from William Burke.

Synonyms

broom

🧹

sweep

Translations

πνίγω

στραγγαλίζω

suprimir

reprimir

silenciar

καταστέλλω

insabbiare

reprimere

smoren

verbieden

reprimir

اخنق

boğmak

قمع