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Definition of berk noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

berk

noun

/bɜːk/

/bɜːrk/

(old-fashioned, British English, slang)

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a stupid person synonym idiot
- I felt a right berk!
Word Origin1930s: abbreviation of Berkeley or Berkshire Hunt, rhyming slang for ‘cunt’.

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