Dirk vs Firk - What's the difference?
dirk | firk |
A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.
* 1883 ,
(US, Midwest, dated, slang) A penis; dork.
* May 1964 , Lawrence Poston, "Some Problems in the Study of Campus Slang", American Speech volume 39, issue 2
(US, Midwest, dated, slang) A socially unacceptable person; an oddball.
* May 1964 , Lawrence Poston, "Some Problems in the Study of Campus Slang", American Speech volume 39, issue 2
To carry away or about; carry; move.
To drive away.
(obsolete) To have sexual intercourse, to copulate.
To rouse; raise up.
To move quickly; go off or fly out suddenly; turn out.
* Ben Jonson
In obsolete terms the difference between dirk and firk
is that dirk is to darken while firk is to have sexual intercourse, to copulate.As nouns the difference between dirk and firk
is that dirk is a long Scottish dagger with a straight blade while firk is a stroke; lash.As verbs the difference between dirk and firk
is that dirk is to stab with a dirk while firk is to carry away or about; carry; move.As a proper noun Dirk
is a given name derived from Germanic of German and Dutch origin, cognate to Derek.dirk
English
(wikipedia dirk)Noun
(en noun)- In half a minute he had reached the port scuppers, and picked, out of a coil of rope, a long knife, or rather a short dirk , discolored to the hilt with blood.
- The word dick'' itself serves as model for two variants which are probably Midwestern, ''dirk'' and ''dork , also meaning "penis"...
- ...on at least one Midwestern campus a dirk'' may be an "oddball" student, while a ''prick (more common) is of course an offensive one.
firk
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl) firken, .Verb
(en verb)- I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. - Shakespeare : IV, iv
- A wench is a rare bait, with which a man / No sooner's taken but he straight firks mad.