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Meaning of burke

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

burke

Pronunciation:/bɜː(ɹ)k/

noun

Definitions

  1. (sometimes affectionate) A fool, prat, twit.

  2. Cunt.

verb

Definitions

  1. To murder by suffocation

  2. To murder for the same purpose as Burke, to kill in order to have a body to sell to anatomists, surgeons, etc.

  3. To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.