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cark

[ kahrk ]

noun

  1. care or worry.


verb (used with or without object)

  1. to worry.

cark

1

/ ɑː /

noun

  1. an archaic word for worry worry worry worry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cark

2

/ ɑː /

verb

  1. slang.
    intr to break down; die
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cark1

1250–1300; Middle English carken to be anxious, Old English becarcian, apparently derivative of car- (base of caru care ) + -k suffix
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cark1

C13 carken to burden, from Old Northern French carquier, from Late Latin to load

Origin of cark2

perhaps from the cry of the crow, as a carrion feeding bird
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The pursuit eventually came to an end after Ali pulled into a pub cark park in Southbrook Road, where he ran from the vehicle and attempted to climb a fence.

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The website outlining the project said about 250 single men would be housed in temporary units in the hotel cark park with another 150 in the existing 37-bedroom building.

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He was later found unconscious in a pool of blood inside the cark park, according to Al Jazeera.

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Werfel yelled, and he and Spurge hopped out of the cart—narrowly avoiding the huge swinging beak of the vork, which carked like a monstrous crow.

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Sculptures that could not be removed from the reservation have been defaces, such as a small carking of a bear that someone tried to pry from the ground.

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