hork
To vomit, cough up.
ˈhɔː(ɹ)kDocumented since 1990s1990sMillennialhistoricalCurrent141 viewsLast reviewed Jun 29, 2026＋ Add a definition
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
To vomit, cough up.
Let's go hork pickles at people from the back row of the movie theatre.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(regional) To steal, especially petty theft or misnomer in jest.
Can I hork that code from you for my project?
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“Hork. Meme where the artist is painting themself, but it's so out of touch that they cast themselves as the hero.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026
(computing) To foul up; to be occupied with difficulty, tangle, or unpleasantness; to be broken.
I downloaded the program, but something is horked and it won't load.
Origin: 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. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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