A sudden, disorienting change of subject during a conversation, resulting in confusion among the other speakers.
Mike: "So, where did you go on vacation?"

Dave: "My wife and I took a cruise to Ensenada."

Harry: "I love that part of Mexico."

Mike: "Yeah, but how do you teach a cat to use the toilet.”

Harry & Dave: "????"

Dave: "Boy, that was a burk."

Harry: "Mike, you should warn people before you burk like that."
by A_densoid April 1, 2009
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A tall white male that is black on the inside. he acts as white as possible so that co-workers and friends don't know what he really is. A burk also is known for wearing pink to parties.
that burk isn't fooling anyone.
by George Clinton August 25, 2006
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To get left out. To be intentionality avoided or shunned.
Man they burked me yesterday I called them like eight times to take me to the beach, and nobody answered.
by The Man is the man April 24, 2011
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fresh, fragrant and full of vigour.
my burk is like a spring day in the hebredes.
by Skywalker August 21, 2003
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a male; a boy; anyone who has a Y chromosome
by kateyox July 3, 2006
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(v) When one person punches another person in the face for no apparent reason.
He addressed me by m last name. No one does that to me, so walked over and "Burked" him.
by CO Mountain Goat November 28, 2020
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The action of trapping someone in a conversation for a long period of time the other person does not have time for or interest in.
I saw him downstairs Burking the HR lady, so they wont be available for a long time.
by Raping the willing May 21, 2013
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