Kirk
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From kirk (“church”). Doublet of Church.
The sense meaning fellatio is derived from the shooting of Charlie Kirk, as he was shot in the neck (“fellatio”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɜːk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɜɹk/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /kɪɾk/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
- Homophone: kirk
Proper noun
Kirk (countable and uncountable, plural Kirks)
- (British) The Church of Scotland.
- 2024 January 11, Kelvin Holdsworth, “What’s really happening to the churches in Scotland”, in Thurible.net[1]:
- I suspect that members of the Church of Scotland who stop going, stop thinking of themselves as part of the Kirk much more readily.
- A habitational surname from Middle English.
- 2015 May 12, Alexandra Jaffe, “First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents”, in CNN[2]:
- One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation.
- 2023 February 27, Jack Bantock, “Chris Kirk battled alcoholism and depression – now he has secured his first PGA Tour victory in seven years”, in CNN[3]:
- It had been 2,836 days since Chris Kirk last won on the PGA Tour. Yet after securing his first victory in over seven years on Sunday, that was not the first milestone the American golfer had on his mind.
- 2025 September 10, Joe Hutchison, “Tragedy as Charlie Kirk's wife left behind with two young children after conservative activist is fatally shot”, in Daily Mail[4]:
- Recently, the Kirks appeared with their children on Fox and Friends in the weeks prior to the shooting.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 2024 December 4, Wayne Sterling, “President Biden honors Kirk Herbstreit’s late, football-loving dog Ben in heartfelt letter”, in CNN[5]:
- President Joe Biden sent a heartfelt letter to ESPN “College GameDay” football analyst Kirk Herbstreit after his adored golden retriever, Ben, died of cancer last month.
- Numerous places:
- A village in Ismayilli district, Azerbaijan.
- A small settlement in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS grid ref ND2859).[1]
- A community in West Nipissing, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
- Numerous places in the United States.
- A census-designated place in Yuma County, Colorado.
- An unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon.
- An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.
- Former name of Kirkwood: a census-designated place in Alpine County and Amador County, California.
Derived terms
Noun
Kirk (uncountable)
- (This is a hot sense, kept provisionally) (Internet slang) Fellatio.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:oral sex
- 2025 September 29, @rn5150_, Instagram[6], archived from the original on 15 November 2025:
- I wanna get some sloppy kirk to this song
- 2025 November 15, @thefenren, Twitter[7], archived from the original on 15 November 2025:
- 2025 November 27, @totallyagirlnotasixfivedude, Instagram[8], archived from the original on 15 December 2025:
- 2025 December 5, @mountain_of_geese, Instagram[9], archived from the original on 9 December 2026:
- Need sum Kirk asap 🫦🫦🫦#charliekirk #wearecharliekirk
- 2025 December 21, @n.w.2__, @ur.donte, Instagram[10], archived from the original on 23 December 2025:
References
Cebuano
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkiɾk/ [ˈkiɾ̪k]
Proper noun
Kirk (Badlit spelling ᜃᜒᜇ᜔ᜃ᜔)
- a male given name from English
Danish
Proper noun
Kirk
- a surname from English
Scots
Proper noun
the Kirk