Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to firk
Participle: firked
Gerund: firking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | firk |
| you | firk |
| he;she;it | firks |
| we | firk |
| you | firk |
| they | firk |
Perfect
| I | have firked |
| you | have firked |
| he;she;it | has firked |
| we | have firked |
| you | have firked |
| they | have firked |
Past
| I | firked |
| you | firked |
| he;she;it | firked |
| we | firked |
| you | firked |
| they | firked |
Pluperfect
| I | had firked |
| you | had firked |
| he;she;it | had firked |
| we | had firked |
| you | had firked |
| they | had firked |
Future
| I | will firk |
| you | will firk |
| he;she;it | will firk |
| we | will firk |
| you | will firk |
| they | will firk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have firked |
| you | will have firked |
| he;she;it | will have firked |
| we | will have firked |
| you | will have firked |
| they | will have firked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | firk |
| you | firk |
| he;she;it | firk |
| we | firk |
| you | firk |
| they | firk |
Perfect
| I | have firked |
| you | have firked |
| he;she;it | have firked |
| we | have firked |
| you | have firked |
| they | have firked |
Imperfect
| I | firked |
| you | firked |
| he;she;it | firked |
| we | firked |
| you | firked |
| they | firked |
Pluperfect
| I | had firked |
| you | had firked |
| he;she;it | had firked |
| we | had firked |
| you | had firked |
| they | had firked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would firk |
| you | would firk |
| he;she;it | would firk |
| we | would firk |
| you | would firk |
| they | would firk |
Perfect
| I | would have firked |
| you | would have firked |
| he;she;it | would have firked |
| we | would have firked |
| you | would have firked |
| they | would have firked |
Imperative
| you | firk |
| we | Let's firk |
| you | firk |
Verbs conjugated like 'firk'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'firk'
dirk,
fark,
ferk,
filk,
fire,
firm,
fisk,
fork,
irk,
lirk,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English firken, ferken (“to proceed, hasten”), from Old English fercian (“to bring, assist, support, carry, conduct, convey, proceed”), from Proto-West Germanic *farikōn, frequentative of Proto-Germanic *faraną (“to travel, fare”). Akin to Old English faran (“to fare, go”), English fare; if so, equivalent to fare + -k. Cognate with Old High German fuora (“benefit, sustenance, support”), Swabian fergen, ferken (“to bring, dispatch”). See: Old English '
fercian', Proto-Germanic '
*faraną', Old English '
faran', English '
fare'.
Sample Sentences
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I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. [1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:]
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A wench is a rare bait, with which a man / No sooner's taken but he straight firks mad. [1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):]
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Caſt care at thy poſternes; and firke i' thy fetters; / They are ornaments, Baby, haue graced thy betters: […] [1616 October or November (first performance), Ben Jonson, The Diuell is an Asse: A Comedie […], London: […] I. B. for Robert Allot, […], published 1631, →OCLC, Act V, scene , page 164:]