Horks vs Harks - What's the difference?
horks | harks |
(hork)
To foul up; to be occupied with difficulty, tangle, or unpleasantness; to be broken.
To steal, especially petty theft or misnomer in jest.
(label) To throw.
(label) To eat hastily or greedily; to gobble.
To move; specifically in an egregious fashion
(hark)
To listen attentively; often used in the imperative.
* 1739 , “Hymn for Christmas-Day”, Hymns and Sacred Poems, (Charles Wesley) and (George Whitefield):
* 1906: ,
* 1959: , A Christmas Carol
As verbs the difference between horks and harks
is that horks is (hork) while harks is (hark).horks
English
Verb
(head)hork
English
Verb
(en verb)- I downloaded the program, but something is horked and it won't load.
- Can I hork that code from you for my project?
- Let's go hork pickles at people from the back row of the movie theatre.
- I don't know what got into her, but she horked all those hoagies last night!
- Go hork''' the kegs from out back, and then go to the party across the street and '''hork some girls back.
Usage notes
Senses “eat quickly” and “vomit” can be ambiguous, particularly when applied to food – this is a contranym.Synonyms
* (foul up) (l) * (throw) (l) * (cough up) (l), (l) * (gobble) (l), (l), (l) English contranymsharks
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *hark
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- “Glory to the new born King,
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- Loud voices and a renewed uproar were raised in front of the boarding-house..."'Tis Missis Murphy's voice," said Mrs. McCaskey, harking .
- "Hark ! The Herald Tribune sings, / Advertising wondrous things!"