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err | erk |

As a verb err

is to make a mistake.

As a proper noun erk is

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err

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make a mistake.
  • * '>citation
    • Artificial tests, then, can hardly err on the side of supplying too many opportunities for one bird to see another perform the act which is the model.
  • To sin.
  • (archaic) to stray.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * err on the side of * err on the side of caution * erroneous * error * to err is human

    erk

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, slang) a member of the groundcrew in the RAF.

    • Etymology 2

    Interjection

    (en-intj)
  • Expressing trepidation; eek.
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