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Stirk

Definition: Stirk

Stirk

Noun

1. Yearling heifer or bullock.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "stirk" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)


Crosswords: Stirk

English words defined with "stirk": Sturk. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Stirk

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Stirk

"Stirk" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Stirk" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)80%4175,879
Noun (singular)20%1339,140
                    Total100.00%5N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Stirk

The following table summarizes the usage of "stirk" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
StirkLast name17045,275
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Stirk

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hotel house stirk

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Stirk

Language Translations for "stirk"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

Юница, Теле, Биче. (various references)

   

Manx

  

colbagh (heifer). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

irkstay

   

Scottish

  

gamhainn (a year-old calf, year-old calf). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Ungtjur (steer), Kviga (heifer). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

đphương bò một tuổi. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

dyniawed (yearling). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Stirk

Derivations

Words beginning with "stirk": stirks. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Stirk"

Words ending with "irk": irk, Kirk. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Stirk

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: skirt.

Words within the letters "i-k-r-s-t"

-1 letter: irks, kirs, kist, kits, kris, risk, skit, stir.

-2 letters: irk, its, kir, kit, sir, sit, ski, sri, tis, tsk.

-3 letters: is, it, si, ti.

 Words containing the letters "i-k-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: kiters, kraits, skirts, stirks, strick, strike, traiks, tricks, trikes.

 

+2 letters: brisket, britska, frisket, karstic, keister, kiester, kilters, kirtles, klister, mirkest, reknits, rickets, skirret, skirted, skirter, skitter, sticker, stinker, stricks, striker, strikes, tickers, tinkers, tricksy, troikas, tugriks, turfski, turkois.

 

+3 letters: asterisk, barkiest, brakiest, briskest, briskets, britskas, britzkas, britzska, burkites, chirkest, corkiest, crickets, dorkiest, forkiest, friskets, instroke, jerkiest, kartings, keisters, keratins, kernites, kiesters, kitharas, klisters, knitters, kurtosis, larkiest, mirkiest, mistaker, murkiest, outskirt, perkiest, porkiest, prickets, ratfinks, reekiest, reitboks, restrike, rethinks, riskiest, rockiest, rookiest, sarkiest, sitzmark, skirrets, skirters, skirting, skitters, skittery, skywrite, stalkier, starlike, stickers, stickier, stickler, stinkard, stinkers, stinkier, stockier, stricken, strickle, strikers, striking, stroking, tamarisk, thinkers, ticklers, tinklers, tinworks, titlarks, trickers, trickish, trickles, trinkets, trinkums, tripacks, triskele, tughriks, turfskis, zikurats.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Names: Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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