Burke Definition

bûrk
burked, burkes, burking
verb
To get rid of quietly; evade or suppress, as a parliamentary bill, discussion, etc.
Webster's New World
To avoid; disregard.
American Heritage
To murder by suffocating so as to leave the body unmarked and fit to be sold for dissection.
Webster's New World

To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
pronoun

A topographical surname​ for someone who lived in a fortified place.

Wiktionary
One of various places in the United States.
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noun

(UK, slang) Variant spelling of berk.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • calamity jane
  • Martha Jane Burke
  • Martha Jane Burk
  • burk
  • edmund burke

Other Word Forms of Burke

Noun

Singular:
burke
Plural:
burkes

Origin of Burke

  • After William Burke (1792–1829), Irish-born grave robber and murderer

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Anglo-Norman pronunciation of burgh.

    From Wiktionary

  • Eponym, from William Burke.

    From Wiktionary

Burke Sentence Examples

  • With Cromwell as with Burke the question was "whether the spirit of the people of this nation is prepared to go along with it."

  • The bodies of Burke and Wills were recovered and brought to Melbourne for a solemn public funeral, and a noble monument has been erected to their honour.

  • At a later date he was charged by Burke with having taken up profitable contracts for supplying bullocks for the use of the Company's troops.

  • It was rather parliamentary oratory in which he excelled, and his true compeers are rather Burke and Fox than any French speakers.

  • Mackintosh was soon absorbed in the question of the time; and in April 1791, after long meditation, he published his Vindiciae Gallicae, a reply to Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

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