kirk

plural kirks · alternative obsolete kyrk

1. Northern EnglandScotlandA church.

   The Ship was cheer'd, the Harbour clear'd— / Merrily did we drop / Below the Kirk, below the Hill, / Below the Light-house top.

   1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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   When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her.

   1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

   But long, long ago an enthusiastic reporter called it a "fairy palace," and the office building on the west side was once a church. Hence, in North British phraseology, to "gang tae the Kirk" meant to be had up on the carpet.

   1941 January, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The Scottish Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 3

present singular third person kirks · participle present kirking · participle past kirked · past kirked · alternative obsolete kyrk

1. InternetUShumorousto experience intense neck pain and/or incapacitated by it
2. InternetUShumorousto hit someone in the neck (stings, hickeys etc)
3. InternetUShumorousto kill

   Does Kirkiversary start at the time Kirk was kirked or after Tim Pool's sources confirmed Kirk was stable?

plural Kirks · alternative Kirke

1. UKcountableuncountableThe Church of Scotland.

   I suspect that members of the Church of Scotland who stop going, stop thinking of themselves as part of the Kirk much more readily.

   2024 January 11, Kelvin Holdsworth, “What’s really happening to the churches in Scotland”, in Thurible.net, archived from the original on 25 May 2024

2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Middle English.

   Recently, the Kirks appeared with their children on Fox and Friends in the weeks prior to the shooting.

   2025 September 10, Joe Hutchison, “Tragedy as Charlie Kirk's wife left behind with two young children after conservative activist is fatally shot”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 17 Sep 2026

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   One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation.

   2015 May 12, Alexandra Jaffe, “First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2020

   It had been 2,836 days since Chris Kirk last won on the PGA Tour. Yet after securing his first victory in over seven years on Sunday, that was not the first milestone the American golfer had on his mind.

   2023 February 27, Jack Bantock, “Chris Kirk battled alcoholism and depression – now he has secured his first PGA Tour victory in seven years”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2023

3. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.

   President Joe Biden sent a heartfelt letter to ESPN “College GameDay” football analyst Kirk Herbstreit after his adored golden retriever, Ben, died of cancer last month.

   2024 December 4, Wayne Sterling, “President Biden honors Kirk Herbstreit’s late, football-loving dog Ben in heartfelt letter”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2024

4. Numerous places:
   1. countableuncountableA village in Ismayilli district, Azerbaijan.
   2. countableuncountableA small settlement in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS grid ref ND2859).
   3. countableuncountableA community in West Nipissing, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
   4. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Yuma County, Colorado.
   5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon.
   6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
   7. countableuncountableFormer name of Kirkwood: a census-designated place in Alpine County and Amador County, California.

alternative Kirke

1. InternetuncountableFellatio.

   I wanna get some sloppy kirk to this song

   2025 September 29, @rn5150_, Instagram, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2025

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   do you guys think donnie was giving him insane kirk here or was it just mid

   2025 November 15, @thefenren, Twitter, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2025

   Make out with me and give me teethy Kirk if I'm wrong, but thanksgivings tomorrow right?

   2025 November 27, @totallyagirlnotasixfivedude, Instagram, archived from the original on 15 Dec 2025

   Need sum Kirk asap 🫦🫦🫦#charliekirk #wearecharliekirk

   2025 December 5, @mountain_of_geese, Instagram, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2026

   When fineshyt pulls over somewhere "more private" but instead of Kirk she apologizes and 🥷's genuinely come and snatch you

   2025 December 21, @n.w.2__, @ur.donte, Instagram, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2025

   When my 🦮wife keep on nagging me but I just downloaded kiid ai and my ai chatbot gf boutta give me sloppy Kirk

   2026 March 12, @kaazty, Instagram

   Synonyms: brain, dome, head, mouth music, neck

present singular third person Kirks · participle present Kirking · participle past Kirked · past Kirked · alternative Kirke

1. slangtransitiveTo kill or assassinate, especially for political reasons.

   I was even sent a pornographic image of a nude man. One individual stated that I should be ‘Kirked.’

   2025 September 19, Maegan Summers, Sean Curtis, “‘Liberalism is domestic terrorism’: Local minister’s sermon sparks backlash”, in WBOC, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2025

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   "And soon after [he] declared to us, 'you should die,' followed by, 'I am going to Kirk you,' which you could only think that means I'm either using your imagination going to shoot you or kill you," said Beesley.

   2026 January 24, Peter D'Abrosca, “Campus Radicals: Union member tell-all, Dems back to DEI ways, more violent leftist threats on campus”, in Fox News, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2026

   Synonyms: Charlie Kirk, JFK