firk

Pronunciation: /fɜː(ɹ)k/

The English word “firk” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

To carry away or about; carry; move.
To drive away.
To rouse; raise up.
To move quickly; go off or fly out suddenly; turn out.

noun

A stroke; lash.
A freak; trick; quirk.

Etymology

From Middle English firken, ferken (“to proceed, hasten”), from Old English fercian (“to bring, assist, support, carry, conduct, convey, proceed”), from Proto-West Germanic *farikōn, frequentative of Proto-Germanic *faraną (“to travel, fare”). Akin to Old English faran (“to fare, go”), English fare; if so, equivalent to fare + -k. Cognate with Old High German fuora (“benefit, sustenance,…

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