dirk UK /dɜːk/US /dɝk/noun 4verb 2forms 3 noun4 •A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.The Claymore is worn on the left side, the dirk on the right, and the Skean Dhu in the stocking […] — 1898 •A ceremonial dagger worn by naval or air force officers in some nations' militaries; formerly, a fighting dagger used by sailors as a boarding weapon.In half a minute he had reached the port scuppers, and picked, out of a coil of rope, a long knife, or rather a short dirk, discolored to the hilt with blood. — 1881 •(slang, old-fashioned) A penis.The word dick itself serves as model for two variants which are probably Midwestern, dirk and dork, also meaning "penis"... — 1964 •(slang, old-fashioned) A socially unacceptable person; an oddball....on at least one Midwestern campus a dirk may be an "oddball" student, while a prick (more common) is of course an offensive one. — 1964 verb2 •To stab with a dirk.Roland Graeme has dirked Adam Woodstock — that is all.” ¶ “Good Heaven!” said the Lady, turning pale as ashes, “is the man slain?” — 1820 •(no longer used) To darken.Thy wast bignes but combers the grownd, / And dirks the beauty of my blossomes rownd. — 1579 formsdirked · dirking · dirks
