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Fired vs Firked - What's the difference?

fired | firked |

As verbs the difference between fired and firked

is that fired is past tense of fire while firked is past tense of firk.

As an adjective fired

is let go from a job.

fired

English

Adjective

(head)
  • let go from a job

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (fire)

    • Anagrams

    *

    Related terms

    * underfired ----

    firked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (firk)

    • firk

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) firken, .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To carry away or about; carry; move.
  • To drive away.
  • (obsolete) To have sexual intercourse, to copulate.
    • I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. - Shakespeare : IV, iv
  • To rouse; raise up.
  • To move quickly; go off or fly out suddenly; turn out.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • A wench is a rare bait, with which a man / No sooner's taken but he straight firks mad.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stroke; lash.

    • Etymology 2

    Frobably an alteration of freak.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A freak; trick; quirk.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)