kirk

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Scrabble points: 12
Words With Friends: 12
Letters: 4

Pronunciation

/kɜːk/

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/kɜːk/ · /kɜɹk/ · /kɔʶːk/ · /kɪɾk/

Definition of kirk

12 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(Northern-England, Scotland)A church.

“The Ship was cheer'd, the Harbour clear'd— / Merrily did we drop / Below the Kirk, below the Hill, / Below the Light-house top.”
“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.”
“But long, long ago an enthusiastic reporter called it a "fairy palace," and the office building on the west side was once a church. Hence, in North British phraseology, to "gang tae the Kirk" meant to be had up on the carpet.”

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noun

(Northern-England, Scotland)A church.

“The Ship was cheer'd, the Harbour clear'd— / Merrily did we drop / Below the Kirk, below the Hill, / Below the Light-house top.”
“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.”
“But long, long ago an enthusiastic reporter called it a "fairy palace," and the office building on the west side was once a church. Hence, in North British phraseology, to "gang tae the Kirk" meant to be had up on the carpet.”
(Internet, uncountable)Fellatio.

“I wanna get some sloppy kirk to this song”
“do you guys think donnie was giving him insane kirk here or was it just mid”
“Make out with me and give me teethy Kirk if I'm wrong, but thanksgivings tomorrow right?”
“Need sum Kirk asap 🫦🫦🫦#charliekirk #wearecharliekirk”
“When fineshyt pulls over somewhere "more private" but instead of Kirk she apologizes and 🥷's genuinely come and snatch you”

name

(British, countable, uncountable)The Church of Scotland.

“I suspect that members of the Church of Scotland who stop going, stop thinking of themselves as part of the Kirk much more readily.”
(countable, uncountable)A habitational surname from Middle English.

“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.”
“It had been 2,836 days since Chris Kirk last won on the PGA Tour. Yet after securing his first victory in over seven years on Sunday, that was not the first milestone the American golfer had on his mind.”
“Recently, the Kirks appeared with their children on Fox and Friends in the weeks prior to the shooting.”
(countable, uncountable)A male given name transferred from the surname.

“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.”
(countable, uncountable)Numerous places:
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Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Norse kirkjabor.? Old English ċiriċe? Northern Middle English kyrke English kirk Inherited from Northern Middle English kyrke, possibly borrowed from Old Norse kirkja, or possibly from Old English ċiriċe. Doublet of church.