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glark

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
glark
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To guess (the meaning of an unfamiliar word) based on hearing its use in context.

Slang; Transitive verb

Etymology

Slight variation of glork in the constructed sentence "This gubblick contains many nonsklarkish English flutzpahs, but the overall pluggandisp can be glorked from context" by David Moser. It is conjectured that hacker usage mutated the verb to glark because glork was already an established jargon term.

Usage

Inflected Forms

glarks (present, singular) glarking (participle, present) glarked (participle, past) glarked (past)

Questions

What does glark mean?
To guess (the meaning of an unfamiliar word) based on hearing its use in context.
Where does glark come from?
Slight variation of glork in the constructed sentence "This gubblick contains many nonsklarkish English flutzpahs, but the overall pluggandisp can be glorked from context" by David Moser. It is conjectured that hacker usage mutated the verb to glark because glork was already an established jargon term.

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