From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishberkberk /bɜːk $ bɜːrk/ noun [countable] British English informal STUPID/NOT INTELLIGENTa stupid person
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berk• He probably looks like an absolute berk in this outfit.• First of all, he appeared on television like he was some kind of game-show berk, not a businessman.• What half-arsed plot was that berk hatching now?• All Henry had done was poison a chicken which the berk had then insisted on eating.Origin berk (1900-2000) Berkeley hunt, rhyming slang for cunt, originally the name of a fox-hunting association 