Words that rhyme with snark

n 1: tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants 2: a noise resembling the bark of a dog 3: a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts [syn: bark, barque] 4: the sound made by a dog v 1: speak in an unfriendly tone; "She barked into the dictaphone" 2: cover with bark 3: remove the bark of a tree [syn: bark, skin] 4: make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger" 5: tan (a skin) with bark tannins

n 1: a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts [syn: bark, barque]

n 1: a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of

adj 1: frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" [syn: amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)] n 1: one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury [syn: berserker, berserk]

n 1: a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake [syn: cirque, corrie, cwm]

n 1: an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts) 2: a salesperson in a store [syn: salesclerk, shop clerk, clerk, shop assistant] v 1: work as a clerk, as in the legal business

adj 1: devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat" [ant: light] 2: (used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue" [ant: light, light-colored] 3: brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes); "dark eyes" 4: stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy [syn: black, dark, sinister] 5: secret; "keep it dark" 6: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen] 7: lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education" [syn: benighted, dark] 8: marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure" [syn: dark, obscure] 9: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary] 10: having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples" [syn: colored, coloured, dark, dark- skinned, non-white] 11: not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays" n 1: absence of light or illumination [syn: dark, darkness] [ant: light, lighting] 2: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness" [syn: iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark] 3: an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" [syn: darkness, dark, shadow] 4: the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside [syn: night, nighttime, dark] [ant: day, daylight, daytime] 5: an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness" [syn: dark, darkness]

n 1: a relatively long dagger with a straight blade

v 1: listen; used mostly in the imperative [syn: hark, harken, hearken]

v 1: irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit" [syn: gall, irk]

n 1: a dull stupid fatuous person [syn: jerk, dork] 2: an abrupt spasmodic movement [syn: jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade] 3: (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration 4: meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun [syn: jerky, jerked meat, jerk] 5: raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms 6: a sudden abrupt pull [syn: tug, jerk] v 1: pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open" [syn: yank, jerk] 2: move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings" [syn: jerk, twitch] 3: make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching" [syn: twitch, jerk] 4: jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked" [syn: buck, jerk, hitch] 5: throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head" [syn: jerk, flick]

n 1: North American songbirds having a yellow breast [syn: meadowlark, lark] 2: a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage [syn: pipit, titlark, lark] 3: any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing 4: any carefree episode [syn: escapade, lark] v 1: play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" [syn: frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about]

n 1: a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?" [syn: mark, grade, score] 2: a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" [syn: marker, marking, mark] 3: a reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark" [syn: target, mark] 4: a visible indication made on a surface; "some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw prints were everywhere" [syn: mark, print] 5: the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember; "it was in London that he made his mark"; "he left an indelible mark on the American theater" 6: a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis [syn: mark, stigma, brand, stain] 7: formerly the basic unit of money in Germany [syn: mark, German mark, Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark] 8: Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel [syn: Mark, Saint Mark, St. Mark] 9: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of [syn: chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug] 10: a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark" 11: a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened); "he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of spring" [syn: sign, mark] 12: the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament [syn: Mark, Gospel According to Mark] 13: an indication of damage [syn: scratch, scrape, scar, mark] 14: a marking that consists of lines that cross each other [syn: crisscross, cross, mark] 15: something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run" [syn: bell ringer, bull's eye, mark, home run] v 1: attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles" [syn: tag, label, mark] 2: designate as if by a mark; "This sign marks the border" 3: be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers" [syn: distinguish, mark, differentiate] 4: mark by some ceremony or observation; "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade" [syn: commemorate, mark] 5: make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads" 6: to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" [syn: stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark] 7: notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words" [syn: notice, mark, note] [ant: ignore] 8: mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" [syn: scar, mark, pock, pit] 9: make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" [syn: score, nock, mark] 10: establish as the highest level or best performance; "set a record" [syn: set, mark] 11: make underscoring marks [syn: score, mark] 12: remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list" [syn: cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off, mark] 13: put a check mark on or near or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units" [syn: check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick] 14: assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" [syn: grade, score, mark] 15: insert punctuation marks into [syn: punctuate, mark]

n 1: an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance [syn: fog, fogginess, murk, murkiness] v 1: make dark, dim, or gloomy

n 1: an informer or spy working for the police [syn: nark, copper's nark] 2: a lawman concerned with narcotics violations [syn: narc, nark, narcotics agent] v 1: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil] 2: inform or spy (for the police)

n 1: the act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork" [syn: overwork, overworking] v 1: use too much; "This play has been overworked" 2: work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students" [syn: overwork, exploit]

n 1: a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property; "there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park" [syn: park, parkland] 2: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons, common, green] 3: a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games); "take me out to the ballpark" [syn: ballpark, park] 4: Scottish explorer in Africa (1771-1806) [syn: Park, Mungo Park] 5: a lot where cars are parked [syn: parking lot, car park, park, parking area] 6: a gear position that acts as a parking brake; "the put the car in park and got out" v 1: place temporarily; "park the car in the yard"; "park the children with the in-laws"; "park your bag in this locker" 2: maneuver a vehicle into a parking space; "Park the car in front of the library"; "Can you park right here?"

n 1: an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right); "a limousine is one of the fringe benefits of the job" [syn: fringe benefit, perquisite, perk] v 1: gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap" [syn: perk up, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor]

n 1: (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body 2: a memorial made of brass [syn: brass, memorial tablet, plaque]

n 1: (physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/3; "quarks have not been observed directly but theoretical predictions based on their existence have been confirmed experimentally" 2: fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet [syn: quark cheese, quark]

v 1: use again in altered form; "retread an old plot" [syn: rework, make over, retread]

n 1: a salesperson in a store [syn: salesclerk, shop clerk, clerk, shop assistant]

n 1: any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales 2: a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest 3: a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways; "a card shark" v 1: play the shark; act with trickery 2: hunt shark

v 1: avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties" [syn: fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick] 2: avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"

n 1: a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure v 1: smile affectedly or derisively [syn: smirk, simper]

n 1: a momentary flash of light [syn: flicker, spark, glint] 2: merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes" [syn: sparkle, twinkle, spark, light] 3: electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field [syn: discharge, spark, arc, electric arc, electric discharge] 4: a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger; "a spark of interest"; "a spark of decency" 5: Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918) [syn: Spark, Muriel Spark, Dame Muriel Spark, Muriel Sarah Spark] 6: a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction v 1: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" [syn: trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off] 2: emit or produce sparks; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark" [syn: spark, sparkle]

adv 1: completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open" adj 1: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" [syn: blunt, crude(a), stark(a)] 2: severely simple; "a stark interior" [syn: austere, severe, stark, stern] 3: complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast" 4: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated] 5: providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape" [syn: bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark]

n 1: activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work" 2: a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time" [syn: work, piece of work] 3: the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work" [syn: employment, work] 4: applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading); "mastering a second language requires a lot of work"; "no schools offer graduate study in interior design" [syn: study, work] 5: (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force; "work equals force times distance" 6: a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today" [syn: workplace, work] 7: the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it); "he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre"; "Picasso's work can be divided into periods" [syn: oeuvre, work, body of work] v 1: exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor" [ant: idle, laze, slug, stagnate] 2: be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" [syn: work, do work] 3: have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water" [syn: work, act] 4: perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" [syn: function, work, operate, go, run] [ant: malfunction, misfunction] 5: shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" [syn: work, work on, process] 6: give a workout to; "Some parents exercise their infants"; "My personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles"; "this puzzle will exercise your mind" [syn: exercise, work, work out] 7: proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest" [syn: make, work] 8: operate in a certain place, area, or specialty; "She works the night clubs"; "The salesman works the Midwest"; "This artist works mostly in acrylics" 9: proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity; "work your way through every problem or task"; "She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived"; "Start from the bottom and work towards the top" 10: move in an agitated manner; "His fingers worked with tension" 11: cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" [syn: bring, work, play, wreak, make for] 12: cause to work; "he is working his servants hard" [syn: work, put to work] 13: prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" [syn: cultivate, crop, work] 14: behave in a certain way when handled; "This dough does not work easily"; "The soft metal works well" 15: have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate" [syn: influence, act upon, work] 16: operate in or through; "Work the phones" 17: cause to operate or function; "This pilot works the controls"; "Can you work an electric drill?" 18: provoke or excite; "The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy" 19: gratify and charm, usually in order to influence; "the political candidate worked the crowds" 20: make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" [syn: shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge] 21: move into or onto; "work the raisins into the dough"; "the student worked a few jokes into his presentation"; "work the body onto the flatbed truck" 22: make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft" [syn: knead, work] 23: use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy" [syn: exploit, work] 24: find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" [syn: solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work] 25: cause to undergo fermentation; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats" [syn: ferment, work] 26: go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" [syn: sour, turn, ferment, work] 27: arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times"

n 1: a name given to a product or service [syn: trade name, brand name, brand, marque]

n 1: a lawman concerned with narcotics violations [syn: narc, nark, narcotics agent]

n 1: French painter who led the cubist movement (1882-1963) [syn: Braque, Georges Braque]

n 1: German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750) [syn: Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach] 2: the music of Bach; "he played Bach on the organ" v 1: lead a bachelor's existence [syn: bachelor, bach]

n 1: Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916) [syn: Mach, Ernst Mach]

n 1: made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing

n 1: United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903) [syn: Burk, Martha Jane Burk, Burke, Martha Jane Burke, Calamity Jane]

n 1: British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797) [syn: Burke, Edmund Burke] 2: United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903) [syn: Burk, Martha Jane Burk, Burke, Martha Jane Burke, Calamity Jane] v 1: murder without leaving a trace on the body 2: get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue"

n 1: a native or inhabitant of Turkey

n 1: the largest city in New Jersey; located in northeastern New Jersey