dirk

Etymology 1
Etymology, apparently from. First attested in 1602 as, in the later 17th century as. The spelling is due to Johnson's Dictionary of 1755.

Early quotations as well as Johnson 1755 suggest that the word is of origin, but no such Gaelic word is known. The Gaelic name for the weapon is. Gaelic is merely an 18th-century adoption of the English word.

A possible derivation is from the /Scandinavian personal name (short for ), which is used of lock-picking tools (but not of knives or daggers). Alternatively a corruption of, , ultimately from , , related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  A penis; dork.
 * 4) * May 1964, Lawrence Poston, "Some Problems in the Study of Campus Slang", American Speech volume 39, issue 2
 * The word dick itself serves as model for two variants which are probably Midwestern, dirk and dork, also meaning "penis"...
 * 1)  A socially unacceptable person; an oddball.
 * 2) * May 1964, Lawrence Poston, "Some Problems in the Study of Campus Slang", American Speech volume 39, issue 2
 * ...on at least one Midwestern campus a dirk may be an "oddball" student, while a prick (more common) is of course an offensive one.
 * 1)  A socially unacceptable person; an oddball.
 * 2) * May 1964, Lawrence Poston, "Some Problems in the Study of Campus Slang", American Speech volume 39, issue 2
 * ...on at least one Midwestern campus a dirk may be an "oddball" student, while a prick (more common) is of course an offensive one.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Estonian:, šoti pister, šoti pistoda
 * French:
 * Russian: ,


 * Estonian:, mereväelase pistoda, madruse pister
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: ко́ртик

Verb

 * 1) To stab with a dirk.

Verb

 * 1)  To darken.

Etymology
From earlier, of uncertain origin; perhaps related to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) dirk

Verb

 * 1) dirk