burke

1. 1.

   murder without leaving a trace on the body

   Broadermurder
2. 2.

   get rid of, silence, or suppress

   “burke an issue”

   Broadersuppress

Other forms of burke

plural

burkes·

past tense

burked·

present participle

burking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about burke

What does burke mean?

burke means "British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in burke?

burke has 1 syllable: burke. In IPA it is /ˈbɝk/.

What is another word for burke?

Close synonyms include Edmund Burke, Burk, Martha Jane Burk, Martha Jane Burke, Calamity Jane. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is burke a common word?

burke is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with burke?

2 words rhyme with burke. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.