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- [dawrk]
- /dɔrk/
- /dɔːk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dawrk]
- /dɔrk/
Definitions of dork word
- noun dork Slang. a silly, out-of-touch person who tends to look odd or behave ridiculously around others; a social misfit: If you make me wear that, I’ll look like a total dork! Synonyms: jerk, schmo; nerd, geek. 1
- noun dork Slang: Vulgar. penis. 1
- noun dork A dull, slow-witted, or socially inept person. 1
- noun dork stupid person 1
- noun dork penis 1
- countable noun dork If you say that someone is a dork, you think they dress badly in old-fashioned clothes and behave very awkwardly in social situations. 0
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Origin of dork
First appearance:
before 1960 One of the 3% newest English words
1960-65; expressive coinage; compare similar phonetic elements in dolt, dong3, jerk1, etc.
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Parts of speech for Dork
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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
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dork popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
dork usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dork
noun dork
- rube — Arthur Joseph, 1908–90, U.S. jurist, statesman, and diplomat: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–65; ambassador to the U.N. 1965–68.
- oaf — a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- philistine — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
- goon — Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- lout — an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
Antonyms for dork
noun dork
- gentleman — a man of good family, breeding, or social position.
- charmer — If you refer to someone, especially a man, as a charmer, you think that they behave in a very charming but rather insincere way.
- genius — an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.: the genius of Mozart. Synonyms: intelligence, ingenuity, wit; brains.
- brain — Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.
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