Used in a Sentence

dirk

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dirk.

Editorial note

You take cash from a wealthy person, and you give it to other people, either in dirk react payments or sbisized/free services.

Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of dirk gathered in one view.

noun

A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.

verb

To stab with a dirk.

noun

A male given name from German or Dutch, equivalent to English Derek.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dirk.

noun

A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.

verb

To stab with a dirk.

noun

A male given name from German or Dutch, equivalent to English Derek.

noun

A surname transferred from the given name.

Example sentences

1

You take cash from a wealthy person, and you give it to other people, either in dirk react payments or sbisized/free services.

2

For ceremonial things like this dirk there was even less freedom for change.

3

Does this sound like something out of Dirk Gently to anyone else?

4

As far as I'm aware, the handshake started as an impromptu dirk-frisk.

5

Or Douglas Adams in the Dirk Gently books.

6

I just watched this [1] video from Dirk Hohndel describing the migration motives and process from Gtk+ to Qt for subsurface (started by Linus).

7

Are you aware of Dirk Eddelbuettel's `littler`?

8

I saw it with Dirk Nowitzki when he won a title in 2011, and I hope to see it for Tony Romo one day as well.

9

> Does this sound like something out of Dirk Gently to anyone else?

10

I am reminded of the immortal character in Douglas Adam's Dirk Gently's, who has been alive too long and forgotten all of his early life (including who he is).

11

In the end, Dirk and Clive are right: the government will force the system to have too much privilege, centralization, and/or accessibility; data will be mass compromised in a free-for-all by the opponents.

12

I read Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency before ever coming across Coleridge's Kubla Khan and spent quite a bit of time (this was before I was on the Internet) trying to find the rest of the poem.

Quote examples

1

Range from his lethargy" says Dirk Engling, CCC spokesman.

2

See: "Photovoltaic Degradation Rates: An Analytical Review", Dirk C.

3

Gene Wolfe's "The Book of the New Syn" taught me to pay attention; "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" by Douglas Adams reinforced the lesson.

4

Razzlefrasin'...[3] I just read Stross's comment, "Dirk.

Proper noun examples

1

Dirk Praet brought up the last question in a discussion where I had tried to cover every single angle in design, personnel, and ops.

2

She has loved Amulet, Flight, Delilah Dirk, In Real Life, The Silver Six, Ghostopolis, Bad Island, Zita the Space Girl, Drama, Sisters, Smile, Rapunzel's Revenge, Bone.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use dirk in a sentence?

You take cash from a wealthy person, and you give it to other people, either in dirk react payments or sbisized/free services.

What does dirk mean?

A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.

What part of speech is dirk?

dirk is commonly used as noun, verb.