Definition of burke Burke
/bɚˈk/ - [berk] - Burke
We found 11 definitions of burke from 5 different sources.
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What does burke mean?
WordNet
Noun |
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| burke - British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797) | ||
| Edmund Burke | ||
| burke - United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903) | ||
| Burk, Martha Jane Burk, Burke, Martha Jane Burke, Calamity Jane | ||
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| burke - get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue" | ||
| stamp down, conquer, curb, inhibit, suppress, subdue overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country" | ||
| burke - murder without leaving a trace on the body | ||
| bump off, off, slay, murder, polish off, dispatch, remove, hit kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" | ||
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- burke (Noun)
Variant spelling of berk. - burke (Verb)
To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection. - burke (Verb)
To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- burke (v. t.)
To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection. - burke (v. t.)
To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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burke
burk, v.t. to murder, esp. by stifling: hence (fig.) to put an end to quietly. [From Burke, an Edinburgh Irishman (hanged 1829), who committed the crime in order to sell the bodies of his victims for dissection.]
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🔤- burke, verb, present, 1st person singular of burke (infinitive).
- burke, verb (infinitive).
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