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The Meaning of burke

  • (v. t.) To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.
  • (v. t.) To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.

Synonyms

murder , slay , hit , dispatch , bump off , off , polish off , remove

Homophones

berch , berk , berke , birk , bourke , burck , burk

Rhymes

artwork , ataturk , beadwork , berch , berk , berke , berserk , birk , bjerke , bourke , brushwork , burck , burk , casework , cirque , clerk , clockwork , declerck , declercq , declerk , declerque , deklerk , derk , dirk , earthwork , erck , erk , ferch , fieldwork , firework , footwork , framework , gerk , gerke , groundwork , guesswork , handiwork , herk , homework , housework , irk , jerk , kirch , kirk , klerk , kurk , latticework , leclerc , legwork , lerch , lurk , mcgurk , merc , merck , merk , metalwork , murch , murk , needlework , network , openwork , overwork , paperwork , patchwork , perk , piecework , plasterwork , purk , quirk , quirke , rework , roadwork , schoolwork , sherk , shirk , sirk , smirk , spadework , sterk , sturc , teamwork , turk , werk , werke , woodwork , work , yerke , zirk