Words that rhyme with work

• jerk 5
  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]
• burk 4
  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]
• artwork 0
  n 1: photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book" [syn: artwork, art, graphics, nontextual matter]
• berk 0
  n 1: a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of
• berserk 0
  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]
• cirque 0
  n 1: a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake [syn: cirque, corrie, cwm]
• clerk 0
  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
• clockwork 0
  n 1: any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock
• dirk 0
  n 1: a relatively long dagger with a straight blade
• homework 0
  n 1: preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) [syn: homework, prep, preparation]
• irk 0
  v 1: irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit" [syn: gall, irk]
• lurk 0
  v 1: lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner [syn: lurk, skulk] 2: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around] 3: wait in hiding to attack [syn: ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait]
• murk 0
  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
• network 0
  n 1: an interconnected system of things or people; "he owned a network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life"; "tangled in a web of cloth" [syn: network, web] 2: (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs; "the networks compete to broadcast important sports events" 3: an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals [syn: net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork] 4: a system of intersecting lines or channels; "a railroad network"; "a network of canals" 5: (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits [syn: network, electronic network] v 1: communicate with and within a group; "You have to network if you want to get a good job"
• overwork 0
  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]
• perk 0
  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]
• quirk 0
  n 1: a strange attitude or habit [syn: oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet] 2: a narrow groove beside a beading v 1: twist or curve abruptly; "She quirked her head in a peculiar way"
• rework 0
  v 1: use again in altered form; "retread an old plot" [syn: rework, make over, retread]
• shirk 0
  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"
• smirk 0
  n 1: a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure v 1: smile affectedly or derisively [syn: smirk, simper]
• burke 0
  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"
• chirk 0
  v 1: make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird
• kirk 0
  n 1: a Scottish church
• stirk 0
  n 1: yearling heifer or bullock
• turk 0
  n 1: a native or inhabitant of Turkey
• berch 0
• berke 0
• birk 0
• bjerke 0
• bourke 0
• burck 0
• clerc 0
• clercq 0
• erck 0
• erk 0
• klerk 0
• merck 0
• quirke 0
• sterk 0
• sturc 0
• declerck 0
• declercq 0
• declerk 0
• declerque 0
• deklerk 0
• leclerc 0
• magouirk 0
• mcguirk 0
• mcgurk 0

See also work definition and work synonyms