Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nork

/nɔɹk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: nork
IPA: /nɔɹk/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A woman's breast.

Slang

noun

A North Korean.

Derogatory; Slang

name

A suburban village in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England.

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Example Sentences

"I lay there so close I could've reached out in any direction and just grabbed a nork."
"Ernie constantly badgered me to get her to talk to him but I suspected she would throttle him if he merely glanced in the direction of her norks."
"And her norks! Like a hundred times bigger than his sister's. Why was he thinking about his sister's norks? Gross."
"Norks just kept coming, running out of the smoke and fire like demons, come to drag all us sinners to hell."

Etymology

Unknown, originally used in Australia, attested since the 1960s. One theory suggests that the source is Norco Co-operative, a butter manufacturer that featured a cow's udder on package labels, but this is considered dubious.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /nɔɹk/
British English: /nɔːk/

Usage

Inflected Forms

norks (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

orc

Rhymes With

york new-york fork pork cork torque o'rourke stork yorke rourke bork bjork

Questions

How do you pronounce nork?: The recorded pronunciation is /nɔɹk/.
What does nork mean?: A woman's breast.
Where does nork come from?: Unknown, originally used in Australia, attested since the 1960s. One theory suggests that the source is Norco Co-operative, a butter manufacturer that featured a cow's udder on package labels, but this is considered dubious.

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