noun
1.
a dagger, especially of the Scottish Highlands.
verb (used with object)
2.
to stab with a dirk.
Origin:
1595–1605; orig. Scots; of obscure etymology
1595–1605; orig. Scots; of obscure etymology
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| —n | |
| 1. | a dagger esp as formerly worn by Scottish Highlanders |
| —vb | |
| 2. | to stab with a dirk |
| [C16: from Scottish durk, perhaps from German Dolch dagger] | |
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Word Origin & History
dirk
c.1600, probably from Dirk, the proper name, which was used in Scandinavian for "a picklock." Earliest association is with Highlanders, but there seems to be no such word in Gaelic, where the proper name is biodag.
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Example sentences from the web
Dirk and duck enter the room and all five of them hug each other as a family.
They stay in a hotel that night and dirk drives duck home the next morning.
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