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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++berk /bɜːk $ bɜːrk/ noun [countable] British English informal  STUPID/NOT INTELLIGENTa stupid person 傻瓜
Examples from the Corpus
berkHe probably looks like an absolute berk in this outfit.First of all, he appeared on television like he was some kind of game-show berk, not a businessman.What half-arsed plot was that berk hatching now?All Henry had done was poison a chicken which the berk had then insisted on eating.
Origin berk (1900-2000) Berkeley hunt, rhyming slang for cunt, originally the name of a fox-hunting association
berk nounChinese
a stupid Corpus person


berk
berk /bɜːk $ bɜːrk/ noun [countable] British English informal
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: Berkeley hunt, rhyming slang for cunt, originally the name of a fox-hunting association
a stupid person


berkBrE /bɜːk/ 🔊NAmE /bɜːrk/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned, BrE, slang) a stupid person 傻瓜;蠢人 SYN idiot