What does irk mean?
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Princeton's WordNet
gall, irkverb
irritate or vex
"It galls me that we lost the suit"
Wiktionary
irkverb
to irritate; annoy; bother
It irks me to do all this work and have someone destroy it.
Etymology: From irken, from yrkja, from wurkijanan, from werǵ-. Cognate with yrkja, yrka, wyrcan, wyrcean. More at work.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To IRKverb
This word is used only impersonally, it irks me; mihi pœnæ est, it gives me pain; or, I am weary of it. Thus the authors of the Accidence say, tædet, it irketh.
Etymology: yrk, work, Islandick.
Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me, the poor dappled fools
Should, in their own confines, with forked heads,
Have their round haunches gor'd. William Shakespeare.It irks his heart he cannot be reveng'd. William Shakespeare, H. VI.
Wikipedia
irk
Kirksville Regional Airport (IATA: IRK, ICAO: KIRK, FAA LID: IRK) is four miles south of Kirksville, on the west side of US highway 63. One airline schedules passenger flights, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 684 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 926 in 2009 and 2,127 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).Cape Air is the current airline, averaging 900 to 1,000 passengers per month on three daily round trips to St. Louis Lambert International Airport.
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irk
Irk is a verb that refers to the act of annoying or irritating someone. It is often used to describe a reaction to something bothersome or tedious.
Webster Dictionary
Irkverb
to weary; to give pain; to annoy; -- used only impersonally at present
Etymology: [OE. irken to tire, become tired; cf. Sw. yrka to urge, enforce, press, or G. ekel disgust, MHG. erklich disgusting; perh. akin to L. urgere to urge, E. urge.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Irk
ėrk, v.t. to weary: to trouble: to distress (now used only impersonally).—adj. Irk′some, causing uneasiness: tedious: unpleasant.—adv. Irk′somely.—n. Irk′someness. [M. E. irken—Scand., Sw. yrka, to urge; prob. cog. with L. urgēre.]
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Anagrams for irk »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of irk in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of irk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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