Thesaurus: firk

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1. v. t. To beat; to strike; to chastise.
2. v. i. To fly out; to turn out; to go off.
3. n. A freak; trick; quirk.
4. To beat; to strike; to chastise. [Obs.] I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. Shak. To fly out; to turn out; to go off. [Obs.] A wench is a rare bait, with which a man No sooner's taken but he straight firks mad.B.Jonson. A freak; trick; quirk. [Obs.] Ford.
5. To beat; to strike; to chastise. [Obs.]I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. Shak.
6. v. t. To beat; to strike; to chastise. v. i. To fly out; to turn out; to go off. n. A freak; trick; quirk.