burke

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

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burkes

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burking

V_ed/pp

burked

1.
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, slang)To murder by suffocation.
As soon as the executioner proceeded to his duty, the cries of ‘Burke him, Burke him—give him no rope’... were vociferated... ‘Burke Hare too!’
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.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

burkes

1.
(British, alt of, alternative, slang)Alternative form of berk.

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Eponymous, from William Burke.