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berk

(bɜːk) or

burk

n
slang Brit a stupid person; fool
[C20: shortened from Berkeley or Berkshire Hunt rhyming slang for cunt]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.berk - a stupid person who is easy to take advantage ofberk - a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person - a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"
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Translations

berk

[bɜːk] N (Brit) → imbécil mf, gilipollas mf (Sp) , huevón/ona m/f (LAm)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

berk

[ˈbɜːrk] n (British)con(ne) m/f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

berk

n (Brit inf) → Dussel m (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

berk

[bɜːk] n (Brit) (fam!) → povero/a scemo/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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But the flip side of the gig economy, so named because workers take gigs rather than full-time traditional jobs, is that employers can have too much of an upper hand, Burks said.
Burks is a graduate of the University of Mississippi with a Bachelor of Business Administration concentrating in Managerial Finance, and a graduate of Leadership Mississippi.
Playing just his third game for Cleveland after a trade from Utah, Burks threw down a two-handed dunk with 3.2 seconds remaining, and the Cavaliers avoided a fourth-quarter collapse and edged the Brooklyn Nets 99-97 on Monday night.
"Everyone is going to get older and a lot of younger people dread being old because it doesn't look appealing," Burks says.
Ruth Coker Burks was 25 and a young mother when she went to University Hospital in Little Rock, Ark., to help care for a friend who had cancer.
An experienced sales and marketing professional, Burks has been responsible for building a solid team, goal setting, execution, and fundraising at Partpic since its founding in 2013.
For more information, contact co-owners Brig Bearden, Publisher or Lyn Burks, Editor In Chief at (877) 768-5550.
Burks' collection, called the Traveler, is comprised of a pair of chairs--American and European versions--that explore the similarities and differences between the two cultures.
Burks, who is in her mid-40s, is charged with felony deadly conduct.
Even as Burks rules the town with an iron fist through in his sheriff's role, he finds within him the capability of building a loving home environment against all odds.
Almost a third of the children had a permanent change and were no longer egg-allergic," Burks said.