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dork

noun

  1. a stupid, inept, or foolish person
  2. an odd, socially awkward, unstylish person
  3. the penis
L1403462 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. to behave like a dork; to behave foolishly, in a clumsy and awkward manner
L1403471 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɔːk/ / /doɹk/ / /doːk/

noun

Etymology: Uncertain; apparently from Scots. See dirk.

  1. Alternative form of dirk (“a long dagger”).

verb

Etymology: First use appears in the US c. 1961. The sense of a "silly person" is presumably from earlier use as a bowdlerization of dick (“penis”) in student slang, particularly the Midwest. Despite a common misconception, it has never referred specifically to a whale's penis, but penises in general. Alternative etymology derives from dialectal Norwegian dorg (“a mass; heap; a heavy, dimwitted, slovenly person”).

  1. To act or behave in the manner of a dork.
  2. To act or behave in an awkward or clumsy manner.

    I spent all weekend dorking with the router settings with no luck, though I could get any one out of my 5 PCs on the net when connected directly to the modem.