murk

Definition of murk

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

Dark, murky.

“He cannot see through the mantle murk.”

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adj

Dark, murky.

“He cannot see through the mantle murk.”

noun

(uncountable)Darkness, or a dark or gloomy environment.

“[…]in murk and occidental damp”
“O great star disappear’d—O the black murk that hides the star!”
“And yet, tiny sparks of hope gleam in this dim existence, like pearls in the murk.”

verb

(intransitive)To make murky or be murky; to cloud or obscure, or to be clouded or obscured.

“Dawn had been murking through the smoky windows, growing stronger for half an hour...”
(ambitransitive, slang)To kill or eliminate.

“That's why he was able to catch Crush out there sleeping and why he murked him before he could ask him any questions.”
“that 1 fag in there got my pistol confiscated, I got plenty of other guns but I want to murk that cocksucker”
“In truth, there are Easter eggs planted in just about every frame of Ready Player One, which never misses an opportunity to insert a recognizable character (hey, is that Jason Voorhees getting merked during the film’s first-person shooter level?) or toss a sop to the faithful.”
(ambitransitive, slang)To beat up; to injure.

“cause we be murkin from the boogie And shittin on the crowds 'cause they jive fakin woody.”
“He clowned Sticks, and Sticks murked him for no reason. And I don't know for sure, but I think he murked Trail.”
“Yas (Vivian Oparah): And where is this, uh, summit of doom taking place? Dom (David Jonsson): Il Giardino. There. Used to be "our" place. Yas: No. Absolutely not. Text her, you can't make it. We'll go to Laser Quest, merk some eight-year-olds.”
(ambitransitive, slang)To eliminate; to defeat overwhelmingly.

“POV: You're about to get murked by two of Philly's finest on the court. | @myteamtoyota”

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Etymology

From Middle English merke, mirke, from Old English mirce, myrce (“dark, gloomy, evil”) and Old Norse myrkr (“dark, murky”), both from Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to…

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From Middle English merke, mirke, from Old English mirce, myrce (“dark, gloomy, evil”) and Old Norse myrkr (“dark, murky”), both from Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”). Cognate Danish mørk (“dark”), Norwegian mørk (“dark”), Swedish mörk (“dark”), Icelandic myrkur (“dark”), as also Albanian murg (“dark”), Proto-Slavic *morkъ (“darkness”), Lithuanian márgas (“multicolored”), murzinas (“dirty, spoiled”), Ancient Greek ἀμορβός (amorbós, “dark”).

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