5 Letter Words Ending in K

smirk

Noun : An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.

Verb : To smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous.

Noun : A forced or affected smile.

bleak

Adjective : Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.

Adjective : Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.

Adjective : Without color; pale; pallid.

stark

Adjective : Plain in appearance; barren, desolate.

Adjective : Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).

Adjective : Complete, absolute, full.

break

Verb : (ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.

Verb : (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

crack

Verb : (intransitive) To form cracks.

Verb : (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.

Verb : (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

brisk

Adjective : Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action.

Adjective : Stimulating or invigorating.

Adjective : Full of spirit of life; effervescing.

slack

Adjective : Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.

Adjective : Not active or busy, successful, or violent.

Adjective : (normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.

croak

Noun : The call of a frog or toad.

Noun : The harsh call of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a croak sound.

black

Adjective : (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.

Adjective : (of a location or setting) Without light.

Adjective : (sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)

sleek

Adjective : Having an even, smooth surface; smooth

Adjective : Glossy.

Adjective : Slim and streamlined; not plump, thick, or stocky.

snark

Noun : an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm.

Verb : To express oneself in a snarky fashion.

Noun : (literary) The fictional creature of Lewis Carroll's poem, used allusively to refer to fruitless quest or search.

thick

Adjective : Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.

Adjective : Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.

Adjective : Heavy in build; thickset.

brook

Noun : (Northeastern US) A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.

Verb : (transitive, formal, chiefly in the negative) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.

Verb : (transitive, now chiefly Scotland) To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold.

frank

Adjective : Honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.

Adjective : (medicine) Unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident.

Noun : (uncountable) Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).

spark

Noun : A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting from an electrical surge or excessive heat created by friction.

Noun : A short or small burst of electrical discharge.

Noun : A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.

skulk

Verb : To move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection.

Noun : The act of moving in a stealthy or furtive way.

Verb : To stay where one cannot be seen, conceal oneself (often in a cowardly way or with the intent of doing harm).

stock

Noun : A store or supply.

Noun : (operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.

Noun : A supply of anything, stored until used; especially, such a supply that is ready for use.

check

Noun : An inspection or examination.

Noun : A control; a limit or stop.

Noun : (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.

smack

Noun : A distinct flavor, especially if slight.

Noun : A slight trace of something; a smattering.

Noun : (slang, uncountable) Heroin.

track

Noun : A mark left by something that has passed along.

Noun : A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.

Noun : The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.

chink

Noun : A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.

Noun : A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.

Noun : A chip or dent in something metallic.

sneak

Noun : One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.

Noun : The act of sneaking

Noun : A cheat; a con artist.

crank

Adjective : (dialectal) Hard; difficult.

Adjective : (informal) Strange; weird; odd.

Adjective : (dialectal) Bent; twisted; crooked; distorted; out of repair.

freak

Noun : (slang, chiefly derogatory) A person who is extremely abnormal in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, or business practices; an oddball, a unique person, originally in a displeasing or alienating way.

Noun : An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.

Noun : (dated outside certain expressions) Someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable.

stalk

Noun : The stem or main axis of a plant.

Noun : The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.

Noun : Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.

shank

Noun : The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.

Noun : Meat from that part of an animal.

Noun : (ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.

spunk

Noun : (uncountable) Courage; spirit; mettle; determination.

Noun : (countable, UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) An attractive person; a good-looker.

Noun : (uncountable, chiefly UK, vulgar, slang) Semen.

shock

Noun : A sudden, heavy impact.

Noun : (figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.

Noun : (psychology) A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.

blink

Verb : (intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

Verb : (transitive) To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.

Verb : To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

prick

Noun : A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.

Noun : An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.

Noun : A small pointed object.

skank

Noun : (derogatory, slang) A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.

Adjective : (derogatory, slang) Lewd, vulgar, skanky.

Noun : Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.

gleek

Noun : (informal) A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.

Verb : (informal) To discharge a long, thin stream of liquid (including saliva) through the teeth or from under the tongue, sometimes by pressing the tongue against the salivary glands.

Noun : A jest or scoff; trick or deception.

block

Noun : A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

Noun : A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.

Noun : A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.

clerk

Noun : One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

Noun : A salesclerk; a person who serves customers in a store or market.

Noun : An employee at a hotel who deals with guests.

slick

Adjective : Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.

Adjective : Sleek; smooth.

Adjective : Appearing expensive or sophisticated.

chuck

Noun : (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

Noun : (US, slang, dated) Food.

Noun : (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

flick

Noun : A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.

Noun : (informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.

Noun : (fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.

think

Verb : (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.

Verb : (transitive) To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.

Verb : (transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.

cloak

Noun : A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.

Noun : (figurative) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.

Verb : (transitive, figurative) To cover up, hide or conceal.

spook

Noun : (informal) A scare or fright.

Noun : (informal) A ghost or phantom.

Noun : (espionage, slang) An undercover agent, spy, or intelligence analyst.

clack

Verb : (intransitive) To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.

Noun : An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.

baulk

Noun : (British spelling) Alternative spelling of balk. [(agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.]

Verb : (British spelling) Alternative spelling of balk. [(archaic) To pass over or by.]

twink

Noun : (gay slang) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair.

Noun : (derogatory, slang) A weak or effeminate man, whether gay or not.

Noun : (online gaming, mildly derogatory) A lower-level character in a roleplaying game (MMO) which is artificially overgeared or overpowered, due to being given advanced equipment or resources via a higher-level character controlled by the same player.

stick

Noun : An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.

Noun : A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.

Noun : A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.

chunk

Noun : A large or substantial portion of something.

Noun : A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.

Noun : (comedy) A segment of a comedian's performance.

crick

Noun : A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected.

Verb : To twist, bend, or contort, especially in a way that produces strain.

Verb : To develop a crick (cramp, spasm).

slink

Verb : (intransitive) To sneak about furtively.

Noun : (countable) A furtive sneaking motion.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To give birth to an animal prematurely.

cheek

Noun : (anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.

Noun : (anatomy, informal, usually in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.

Noun : (figurative, informal, uncountable) Impudence.

knock

Noun : An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.

Noun : A sharp impact.

Verb : (intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.

plunk

Noun : A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.

Verb : With a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface; to thud.

swank

Adjective : Fashionably elegant, posh.

Noun : A fashionably elegant person.

Verb : To swagger, to show off.

blick

Noun : (MLE, slang) A pistol.

Verb : (MLE, slang, transitive) To shoot up (fire bullets at).

Verb : (transitive) To shine, gleam.

clink

Verb : (ambitransitive) To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.

Noun : (onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.

Noun : (dated, slang) A prison.

shirk

Verb : (transitive) To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.

Verb : (intransitive) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.

Noun : One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility.

blank

Adjective : Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.

Adjective : (figurative) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.

Adjective : Abject; absolute; complete; downright; sheer; utter.

click

Noun : (graphical user interface) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.

Verb : (computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).

wreck

Verb : (transitive) To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.

Noun : Something or someone that has been ruined.

Noun : The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.

pluck

Verb : (transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out

Verb : (transitive) To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.

Verb : (transitive, music) To play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar.

crook

Noun : A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.

Noun : A bending of the knee; a genuflection.

Noun : A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).

chick

Noun : (colloquial) An attractive, young woman; or, more generally, a woman.

Noun : A young bird.

Noun : (especially) A young chicken.

speck

Noun : A tiny spot or particle, especially of dirt.

Noun : A very small amount; a particle; a whit.

Verb : (transitive) To mark with specks; to speckle.

creak

Verb : (intransitive) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.

Noun : The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.

Verb : (transitive) To produce a creaking sound with.

trick

Noun : Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.

Noun : A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.

Noun : Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.

flock

Noun : A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.

Noun : A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.

Noun : A large number of people.

stuck

Adjective : Unable to move.

Adjective : Unable to progress with a task.

Adjective : No longer functioning, frozen up, frozen.

frisk

Noun : The act of frisking, of searching for something by feeling someone's body.

Verb : (transitive) To search (someone) by feeling their body and clothing.

Verb : (intransitive) To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.

quirk

Noun : An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.

Verb : To alter in a unique and unusual way.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To (cause to) move with a wry jerk.

knack

Noun : A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.

Noun : Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity.

Noun : A petty contrivance; a toy.

clank

Noun : A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a clanking sound

Verb : (transitive) To cause to sound with a clank.

clunk

Noun : A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact.

Verb : To make such a sound.

Noun : (derogatory, offensive) dull; foolish; stupid or silly person.

tweak

Verb : (transitive, informal) To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.

Verb : (transitive) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.

Verb : (transitive) To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).

flask

Noun : A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.

Noun : A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.

Noun : (sciences) Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base.

shack

Noun : A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.

Noun : Any poorly constructed or poorly furnished building.

Noun : (slang) The room from which a ham radio operator transmits.

shuck

Noun : The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).

Verb : (transitive) To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).

Verb : (transitive) To remove (any outer covering).

fleck

Noun : A small spot or streak; a speckle.

Noun : A flake.

Noun : A small amount.

frock

Noun : A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.

Noun : An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals; a habit.

Verb : (transitive) To clothe (somebody) in a frock.

brusk

Adjective : (British, obsolete or US) Alternative spelling of brusque. [Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly.]

wrick

Noun : A painful muscular spasm in the neck or back

Verb : (dialect) To twist; turn

Verb : (dialect) To wrench; strain

swack

Adjective : (Scotland) Lithe; nimble.

Noun : (slang) A large number or amount of something.

Noun : Synonym of smack.

twerk

Verb : To dance in a sexually-provocative way using hip thrusts in a low squatting stance while shaking the buttocks; to take part in twerking.

Noun : Synonym of twerking (“a sexually-provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting their hips back from a low squatting stance while shaking their buttocks”).

Noun : (original sense, now dated) A fitful movement similar to a twitch or jerk.

stack

Noun : (heading) A pile.

Noun : A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.

Noun : A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.

clock

Noun : A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.

Noun : (attributive) A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.

Noun : A time clock.

trunk

Noun : A large suitcase, chest, or similar receptacle for carrying or storing personal possessions, usually with a hinged, often domed lid, and handles at each end, so that generally it takes two persons to carry a full trunk.

Noun : (Canada, US, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon-style car.

Noun : The usually single, more or less upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.

creek

Noun : (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.

Noun : (British) A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main channel of a river, especially a river estuary.

Noun : (British) The inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.

flank

Noun : The side of something, in general senses.

Verb : (transitive) To place to the side(s) of.

Noun : (anatomy) The lateral flesh between the last rib and the hip.

whack

Verb : To hit, slap or strike.

Noun : The strike itself.

Noun : The sound of a heavy strike.

wrack

Noun : The remains of something; a wreck.

Verb : (transitive, usually passive voice) To wreck, especially a ship.

Noun : Any marine vegetation cast up on shore, especially seaweed of the family Fucaceae.

brink

Noun : The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.

Noun : (figurative) The edge or border.

Noun : A surname.

wreak

Verb : (transitive) To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.

Verb : (archaic) To inflict or take vengeance on.

Verb : (archaic) To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite.

prink

Verb : To dress finely, primp, preen, spruce up.

Noun : The act of adjusting one's dress or appearance; the act of sprucing oneself up.

Verb : To strut, put on pompous airs, be pretentious.

swink

Noun : (archaic) Toil, work, drudgery.

Verb : (archaic, intransitive) To labour, to work hard

Verb : (archaic, transitive) To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.

sebek

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Alternative form of Sobek (Egyptian crocodile-headed god) [(Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian deity associated with the crocodile.]

snerk

Verb : (Internet slang) To snicker or snort with laughter to express amusement.

quick

Adjective : Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.

Adjective : Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.

Adjective : Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.

drink

Verb : (ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.

Verb : (intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.

Verb : (transitive, metonymic) To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).

crock

Noun : (slang, Canada, US, countable and uncountable) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.

Noun : (UK) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.

Noun : A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.

kiosk

Noun : A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.

Noun : A similar but unattended stand for the automatic dispensing of tickets, etc; an e-kiosk.

Noun : A public telephone booth.

whisk

Noun : A kitchen utensil, now usually made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle (and formerly of twigs), used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).

Verb : (transitive) To move something with quick light sweeping motions.

Verb : (transitive) In cooking, to whip e.g. eggs or cream.

batik

Noun : A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.

Verb : To dye fabric using the wax-resist method.

amuck

Verb : Alternative form of amok. [Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.]

Noun : Alternative form of amok. [One who runs amok; in Malay and Moro/Philippine culture, one who attempts to kill many others, especially expecting that they will be killed themselves.]

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