English

Alternative forms

• mirk
• mark (dialectal)

Adjective

murk ‎(comparative murker, superlative murkest)

1. Dark, murky
   • J. R. Drake

     He cannot see through the mantle murk.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:mirk.

Noun

murk ‎(uncountable)

1. Darkness, or a dark or gloomy environment.

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Synonyms

• gloom

Translations

Verb

murk ‎(third-person singular simple present murks, present participle murking, simple past and past participle murked)

1. To make murky or be murky; to cloud or obscure, or to be clouded or obscured.
   • 1918: Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons

     Dawn had been murking through the smoky windows, growing stronger for half an hour...

Translations

Derived terms

• murky

See also

• muck

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• merk

Verb

murk ‎(third-person singular simple present murks, present participle murking, simple past and past participle murked)

1. (African American Vernacular) To murder or seriously injure.
   • 2010, Dana Dane, Numbers (page 232)

     That's why he was able to catch Crush out there sleeping and why he murked him before he could ask him any questions.

   • 2011, Treasure Hernandez, Baltimore Chronicles (volume 2)

     He clowned Sticks, and Sticks murked him for no reason. And I don't know for sure, but I think he murked Trail.

Anagrams

• Krum