Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar)A fool, a prat, a twit, etc.

More definitions
  • a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of

Examples

1 sentences
  1. I want to apologise for calling you a berk in front of your girlfriend.

    deIch will mich dafür entschuldigen, dass ich dich vor deiner Freundin als Trottel bezeichnet habe.

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Origin

Cockney rhyming slang, an ellipsis and clipping of Berkeley Hunt, a prominent hunt at Berk

Cockney rhyming slang, an ellipsis and clipping of Berkeley Hunt, a prominent hunt at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, to mean cunt.

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Forms

plural: berks
Singularberk
Pluralberks

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
fool and idiot

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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