burke

burke is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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. transitive verb. To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.
3. noun. United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)

   Synonyms: burk

4. noun. British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
5. verb. get rid of, silence, or suppress

   "burke an issue"

6. verb. murder without leaving a trace on the body

Synonyms

burk

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in burke:

bruke

Common word forms

burked, burker, burkes, burking

Words from these letters

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