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Yarked vs Parked - What's the difference?

yarked | parked |

As verbs the difference between yarked and parked

is that yarked is (yark) while parked is (park).

As an adjective parked is

left in a public location when not in use.

yarked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (yark)
  • Anagrams

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    yark

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . More at (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make ready; prepare.
  • *1881 , Walter Gregor, Notes on the Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland :
  • [...] Yet thou hast given us leather to yark , and leather to bark, [...]
  • (obsolete) To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for.
  • (obsolete) To set open; open.
  • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain, probably originally imitative; compare (jerk) etc.

    Alternative forms

    * yerk

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To draw (stitches etc.) tight.
  • To hit, strike, especially with a cane or whip.
  • To crack (a whip).
  • *, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.96:
  • *:he would throw a Dagger, and make a whip to yarke and lash [tr. faisoit craqueter''], as cunningly as any Carter in ''France .
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    parked

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Left in a public location when not in use.
  • a row of parked cars

    Verb

    (head)
  • (park)