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Meaning of berk | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/bɝk/

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. a fool, a prat, a twit, etc.
    Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar

Examples

“His chat-up techniques have to be read to be imagined—they make the crudest of Loaded-style berks seem classy—and he earns far, far too much money.”
“I don't know why they couldn't just keep it as it was! How hard is it to remember 911? You mean 999... I mean 999! That's the American one! Yeah! You berk.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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