murk
noun
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Pronunciation: /mɝk/ / /mɜːk/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English merke, mirke, from Old English mirce, myrce (“dark, gloomy, evil”) and Old Norse myrkr (“dark, murky”), both from Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”). Cognate Danish mørk (“dark”), Norwegian mørk (“dark”), Swedish mörk (“dark”), Icelandic myrkur (“dark”), as also Albanian murg (“dark”), Proto-Slavic *morkъ (“darkness”), Lithuanian márgas (“multicolored”), murzinas (“dirty, spoiled”), Ancient Greek ἀμορβός (amorbós, “dark”).
- Dark, murky.
“He cannot see through the mantle murk.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English mirke, merke, from Old English mirce, myrce (“darkness, gloom”) and Old Norse myrkr (“darkness, gloom”), both from Proto-Germanic *merkwą, *mirkwiz (“darkness”), Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”).
- Darkness, or a dark or gloomy environment.
“[…]in murk and occidental damp”
“O great star disappear’d—O the black murk that hides the star!”
verb
Etymology: Possibly an alteration of merc, from clipping of mercenary. First attested in the 1990s.
- To kill or eliminate.
“That's why he was able to catch Crush out there sleeping and why he murked him before he could ask him any questions.”
“that 1 fag in there got my pistol confiscated, I got plenty of other guns but I want to murk that cocksucker”
- To beat up; to injure.
“cause we be murkin from the boogie And shittin on the crowds 'cause they jive fakin woody.”
“He clowned Sticks, and Sticks murked him for no reason. And I don't know for sure, but I think he murked Trail.”
- To eliminate; to defeat overwhelmingly.
“POV: You're about to get murked by two of Philly's finest on the court. | @myteamtoyota”