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dork

(dôrk)

1. Slang A stupid, inept, or foolish person: "the stupid antics of America's favorite teen-age cartoon dorks" (Joshua Mooney).

2. Vulgar Slang The penis.

[Perhaps from dork, variant of dirk.]

dork′i·ness n.

dork′y adj.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

dork

(dɔːk)

1. an unfashionable, socially inept person

2. a stupid or incompetent person

3. US a penis

[C20: of unknown origin]

ˈdorky, ˈdorkish adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

dork

(dɔrk)

n. Slang.

1. a stupid, awkward, or slow-witted person.

2. Vulgar Slang. penis.

[1960–65, Amer.; expressive coinage]

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Noun

dork - a dull stupid fatuous person

jerk

misfit - someone unable to adapt to their circumstances

schmo, schmuck, shmo, shmuck - (Yiddish) a jerk

Translations

nøglebarnnørd

Depp Pimmel Rute Schwanz

dorkatollo

kreten

deeslul piemelseutsleutelkind

dust

дурак елда

dork

[dɔːk] N (esp US) → zumbado/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dork

[ˈdɔː^rk] n (US) (= nerd) → ringard(e) m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dork

n (inf pej) → Idiot m, → Trottel m (both inf pej)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

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