Murk

/mɝk/ · adjective

Meaning

Dark, murky..

Definitions by Sense

1. Dark, murky.
2. Darkness, or a dark or gloomy environment.
3. (intransitive) To make murky or be murky; to cloud or obscure, or to be clouded or obscured.
4. To kill or eliminate.
5. To beat up; to injure.
6. To eliminate; to defeat overwhelmingly.

Example Sentences

He cannot see through the mantle murk.

[…]in murk and occidental damp

O great star disappear’d—O the black murk that hides the star!

And yet, tiny sparks of hope gleam in this dim existence, like pearls in the murk.

Dawn had been murking through the smoky windows, growing stronger for half an hour...

That's why he was able to catch Crush out there sleeping and why he murked him before he could ask him any questions.

that 1 fag in there got my pistol confiscated, I got plenty of other guns but I want to murk that cocksucker

In truth, there are Easter eggs planted in just about every frame of Ready Player One, which never misses an opportunity to insert a recognizable character (hey, is that Jason Voorhees getting merked during the film’s first-person shooter level?) or toss a sop to the faithful.

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• murker
• murkest
• mirk
• mark
• murks
• murking
• murked
• merk

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