dork

[ dawrk ]

noun

1. Slang. a silly, out-of-touch person who tends to look odd or behave ridiculously around others; a social misfit:

   If you make me wear that, I’ll look like a total dork!

   Synonyms: geek, nerd, schmo, jerk

2. Slang: Vulgar. penis.

dork

/ dɔːk /

noun

1. a stupid or incompetent person
2. a penis

Derived Forms

• ˈdorky, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dork¹

First recorded in 1960–65; origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of dirk ( def ), influenced by dick ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of dork¹

C20: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

These prints highlight that beauty while also allowing you to express your inner dork.

From Popular-Science

The 7-foot, bat-catching, pants-losing dork ranks among the league leaders in followers on all platforms while performing in an average-to-small media market.

From FiveThirtyEight

As with any new device, fears came up about privacy, security, the fear of looking like a dork, and piracy.

From The Daily Beast

And so on down the line it would go, until at last, lowliest of the low, would be Doug, the Chagrin High dork.

From The Daily Beast

But the number of folks who dork out over the latest cool gizmos is actually a relatively small slice of the human population.

From The Daily Beast

But if I tell, I risk seeming like a huge dork... What do you think is the proper etiquette?

From The Daily Beast

“Neither do they, dork,” Hilda said, giving him an elbow in the ribs.

From Project Gutenberg

The earlier forms were dork and durk, and the spelling dirk, adopted by Johnson, represents the pronunciation of the second form.

From Project Gutenberg

I haven't made many protestations, but I tell you, Dork, I'm coming out on top of this heap!

From Project Gutenberg

In one of the waistcoat pockets Mr. Dork found the dead man's silver watch, with a blood-stained ribbon and a worthless gilt seal.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Dork looked about him in the moonlight, entirely bewildered by the disappearance of Samuel Prodder.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• fool
• moron
• nitwit
• twit