orc UK /ɔːk/US /ɔɹk/ noun4 •A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive and often green.Who at one stroke didst pare away three heads from off the shoulders of an Orke, begotten by an Incubus. — 1656 •(slang, offensive) A Russian soldier or gangster.And now we must watch the old world go up in flames, in the mad spectacle of Putin’s orcs descending upon Kyiv to execute his macabre plan. — 2022 •(Internet, offensive) A Russian person. •(no longer used) Any of several large, ferocious sea creatures, now especially the killer whale.The latter phenomenon is similar to the conceptual division seen in Ainu society between kimun-kamuy, the bear spirit of the mountains, and repun-kamuy, the orc or dolphin spirit of the sea. — 1992 formsORCs · Orcs · orcs
ORC noun3 •Initialism of organized retail crime. •Acronym of odd radio circle, a very large unexplained astronomical object. •Initialism of origin recognition complex. formsORCs