wark UK /wɔːk/US /wɔɹk/noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •(dialect, UK) Pain; ache. •(Scotland, no longer used) Work.We'dn done a pratty day or two's wark afore t' sodgers geet at us. — 1860 •(Scotland, no longer used) A building.They speak in high terms of "his extraordiner panes and grait cair he had in that Wark, baith by his advyce, and in the building of the same. — 1859 verb1 •To be in pain; ache. formswarked · warking · warks