bork

Meanings

1. To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.

1. To misconfigure, break, or damage, especially a computer or other complex device.
2. To become broken or damaged, especially of a computer or other complex device.

1. The bald notothen or bald rockcod (Pagothenia borchgrevinki), a species of cod icefish (Nototheniidae) native to the Southern Ocean.

1. The sound that a dog makes.

1. Of a dog, to bark.

1. To boink; to have sex with.

1. To retch or vomit.

1. A surname.

1. Alternative letter-case form of bork.

Etymology

A reference to the unsuccessful 1987 United States Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork (1927–2012); first appeared in print that same year.