# hork

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈhɔː(ɹ)k/

## Definitions
1. To foul up; to be occupied with difficulty, tangle, or unpleasantness; to be broken.
2. To steal, especially petty theft or misnomer in jest.
3. To vomit, cough up.
4. To gulp
5. To gulp
Don't just hork it down!
6. To throw.
7. To eat hastily or greedily; to gobble.
8. To move.

## Etymology
Onomatopoeia or imitative. For “cough up” sense, compare hawk/hock (16th century), which are almost homophonous in non-rhotic accents. For “throw” sense, compare huck. The “foul up” sense is presumably influenced by bork (late 1990s), from broken. The “steal” sense may be related to hook, which has the same slang meaning.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hork