Definition of CARK

cark

Plural: carks

Verb

Verb Forms: carked, carking, carks

  • To cause worry or anxiety; to burden with care.
  • disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
  • To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.
  • To bring worry, vexation, or anxiety.
  • To labor anxiously.
  • Pronunciation spelling of caulk.

Noun

  • A noxious or corroding worry.
  • The state of being filled with worry.

Examples

  • The looming triple word score, just out of reach, began to CARK at his mind.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English carken (“to be anxious, worry”, intransitive), from Old English *carcian ("to be sorrowful, worry"; found in becarcian (“to worry about, care for”)), a frequentative form of Old English carian (“to care”), equivalent to care + -k.
The Middle English carken, also charken (“to load (sth.); to bear (crops); to burden, harass”, transitive), from Old Northern French carquier (“to load, burden”), from Latin carricāre (“to load”), related to Old French chargier (“to load”), is a different word often confused with the above.

Scrabble Score: 10

cark: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cark: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cark: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

cark: valid Words With Friends Word