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    [Verb]  | "burke" | \ ˈbərk \


    1: to suppress quietly or indirectly

    2: bypass, avoid


    Origin: 1835 ;

     From burke to suffocate, from William Burke †1829 Irish criminal executed for smothering victims to sell their bodies for dissection;

    [Biographical name]  | "Burke" | \ ˈbərk \


    1: Edmund 1729—1797 British statesman and orator

    [Biographical name]  | "Calamity Jane" | \ ˈjān \


    1: 1852?—1903Martha Jane BurkenéeCannary American frontier figure

    [Verb]  | "burke" 


    1: to keep from being publicly known;


      * e.g., " ... the executives knew that the drug had dangerous side effects, but they burked the findings "



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     [ "burke" ]

    1: a dance that involves little to no clothing

      * e.g.,  ... Watching him burke makes me want to shit in a bag. 

     [ "burke" ]

    1:  to be as drunk or high as you possibly can while operating a car over 101 mph

      * e.g.,  ...  Dude I burked it last night with 4 bitches in the car and didn't get pulled over!!! 


     [ "burke" ]

    2:  to set a land speed record above 130 mph on every country road in your community

      * e.g.,  ...  I was burking it last night and hit 135 on Drake Rd. 


     [ "burke" ]

    3:  to be a legend at your school for losing your license for 6 months for one speeding offense, getting stoned every night while you do your homework, or do a keg stand at breakfast, lunch, dinner and when you have the munchies

      * e.g.,  ...  I pulled a burke and got screwed for speeding, but who cares cuz now I have all the more reason to sit at home, get stoned and get as shitdaced as possible!!! 


     [ "burke" ]

    4:  speeding as fast as possible to get places on time

      * e.g.,  ...  OMFG, I overslept and didn't want to be late today so I Burked it to school!!! 

     [ "burke it" ]

    1: To throw up at a party with the ultimate outcome of ruining the party.

      * e.g.,  ... "Did Kevin just burke it?"  

     [ "Burk" ]

    1: A nob, moron or fool.

      * e.g.,  ... "Your mother's party was shit man" 


     [ "Burk" ]

    2: An idiot

      * e.g.,  ... "It was a fucking funeral you burk!" 

     [ "Burking It" ]

    1: The act of showing up for class with prior knowledge of an upcoming test without studying and proceeding to take the test blindly.

      * e.g.,  ... John- " Did you study for today's test?" 

     [ "Burks" ]

    1:  The best name for a child burks

      * e.g.,  ... Burks: Burks 

     [ "Burke" ]

    1: A teenager that is a little crazy but a good friend.

      * e.g.,  ... your such a Burke 

     [ "Burked it" ]

    1: When an accident prone or klutzy individual spills something, makes a mess, or causes themselves mild pain or injury.

      * e.g.,  ... He really burked it when he spilled coffee all over his cubicle wall. Or You dropped your drinking bird on the floor, and now there's a blue stain. You really burked it. 

     [ "burked" ]

    1: It is a term in a video game when a player me-lee's when he or she doesn't mean to.

      * e.g.,  ... Chris and Sean are taking turns playing COD 

     [ "Burking" ]

    1: Driving annoyingly slow in the passing lane, causing everyone to be late and bottlenecking traffic.

      * e.g.,  ... "This orange Aveo is burking me on the 402, I can't get around it or the transport driving side by side." " I drive ultra slow in the ultra fast lane, while the people behind me are going insane! I'm an Asshole!" - Dennis Leary 

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