About The Word Burke
Learn about the word Burke to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Burke definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Burke
| Burke Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Burke?
[n] American frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
[n] English statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797) [v] get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue" [v] murder without leaving a trace on the body Synonyms | Synonyms for Burke: Burk | Calamity Jane | Edmund Burke | Martha Jane Burk | Martha Jane Burke Related Terms | Find terms related to Burke: See Also | bump off | conquer | curb | dispatch | frontierswoman | hit | inhibit | murder | national leader | orator | polish off | public speaker | remove | rhetorician | slay | solon | speechifier | speechmaker | stamp down | statesman | subdue | suppress Burke In Webster's Dictionary \Burke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Burking}.] [From one Burke of Edinburgh, who committed the
crime in 1829.]
1. To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of
violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold
for dissection.
2. To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to
smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.
The court could not burke an inquiry, supported by
such a mass of a affidavits. --C. Reade.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Machinist's vise ‐ a vise with two parallel iron jaws and a wide…
- Pachyderm ‐ any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin:…
- Perognathus flavescens ‐ small rodent of open areas of United States…
- High frequency ‐ a pitch that is perceived as above other pitches [n] 3 to 30…
- Flintstone ‐ pebbles of flint used in masonry…
- Tricholoma aurantium ‐ an orange tan agaric whose gills become brown by maturity; has…
- Picknicker ‐ a person who is…
- Alienation ‐ the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly;…
- Doctor of humane letters ‐ an honorary degree…
- Come out of the closet ‐ to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor…