berk

Etymology
Cockney rhyming slang, an ellipsis and clipping of , a prominent hunt at in Gloucestershire, to mean.

Noun

 * 1)  a fool, a prat, a twit, etc.

Usage notes
Although the term remains in fairly wide use, its specific origin and meaning in rhyming slang is less well known, lessening its vulgarity.

Synonyms

 * See fool and idiot

Etymology 1
From (cf.  from ).

Noun

 * 1) goat

Etymology 2
From, from >. Similar sense development as in.

Noun

 * 1)  sapwood, alburnum
 * 2)  bark

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) birch, tree of the genus

Interjection

 * : yuck!

Etymology 1
, from. Related to.

Adjective

 * 1) strong, hard, robust, violent
 * 2) heroic
 * 3) firm, solid
 * 1) firm, solid

Etymology 2
, from.

Noun

 * 1) lightning