murk out
Murk out is AAVE and urban slang meaning to kill or murder someone.
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Murk out is AAVE and urban slang meaning to kill or murder someone. The base verb 'murk' (to kill) has been in use in hip-hop and street slang since at least the 1990s, and 'murk out' adds emphasis via the 'out' particle, which intensifies finality (as in 'wipe out' or 'knock out'). Typically used in rap lyrics, online slang, and street-context dialogue. It is distinctly violent in meaning and should be understood as serious rather than hyperbolic in most usages.
The track has a dark energy — every other bar he's threatening to murk out his rivals.
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AAVE slang meaning to murder or kill someone. Murk on its own is the base verb (to murk someone); murk out adds completive emphasis to the action. Used in urban slang, hip-hop lyrics, and street speech. The term is direct and serious in meaning despite its slang register; it is not typically used hyperbolically for minor harm the way some violent slang terms are.
The verse referenced people who got murked out for crossing the wrong crew.
"murk out" means: AAVE slang meaning to murder or kill someone. Murk on its own is the base verb (to murk someone); murk out adds completive emphasis to the a.... It carries a violent or aggressive reference, so it is worth noting the context. In most cases the word is used jokingly or for emphasis rather than as a sign of real intent. A calm question about where it was heard is usually all that is needed; pay more attention to behaviour and tone than to the word itself.
"murk out" means: AAVE slang meaning to murder or kill someone. Murk on its own is the base verb (to murk someone); murk out adds completive emphasis to the a.... Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. Note the regional or dialect label (AAVE) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and
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(transitive, slang, AAVE) To murder (someone).
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