What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Horked vs Harked - What's the difference?

horked | harked |

As verbs the difference between horked and harked

is that horked is (hork) while harked is (hark).

horked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (hork)

    • hork

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To foul up; to be occupied with difficulty, tangle, or unpleasantness; to be broken.
    • I downloaded the program, but something is horked and it won't load.
  • To steal, especially petty theft or misnomer in jest.
    • Can I hork that code from you for my project?
  • (label) To throw.
    • Let's go hork pickles at people from the back row of the movie theatre.
  • (label) To eat hastily or greedily; to gobble.
    • I don't know what got into her, but she horked all those hoagies last night!
  • To move; specifically in an egregious fashion
    • 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 contranyms

    harked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hark)

    • hark

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To listen attentively; often used in the imperative.
  • * 1739 , “Hymn for Christmas-Day”, Hymns and Sacred Poems, (Charles Wesley) and (George Whitefield):
    • “Glory to the new born King,
  • * 1906: , The Four Million] [http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=354518751&tag=Henry,+O.,+1862-1910:+The+four+million;,+1906&query=+harking&id=HenFour
    • Loud voices and a renewed uproar were raised in front of the boarding-house..."'Tis Missis Murphy's voice," said Mrs. McCaskey, harking .
  • * 1959: , A Christmas Carol
    • "Hark ! The Herald Tribune sings, / Advertising wondrous things!"

    Derived terms

    * hark back

    Related terms

    * (l)/(l) * (l) ----