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cark
[ kahrk ]
/ kɑrk /
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noun
care or worry.
verb (used with or without object)
to worry.
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Origin of cark
1250–1300; Middle English carken to be anxious, Old English becarcian, apparently derivative of car- (base of carucare) + -k suffix
Words nearby cark
carisoprodol, caritas, caritive, carjack, carjacking, cark, carking, carl, Carla, Carleen, Carlen's catheter
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How to use cark in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for cark (1 of 2)
cark1
/ (kɑːk) /
noun, verb
an archaic word for worry (def. 1), worry (def. 2), worry (def. 11), worry (def. 13)
Word Origin for cark
C13 carken to burden, from Old Northern French carquier, from Late Latin carricāre to load
British Dictionary definitions for cark (2 of 2)
cark2
/ (kɑːk) /
verb
(intr) Australian slang to break down; die
Word Origin for cark
perhaps from the cry of the crow, as a carrion feeding bird
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