Dictionary

cark it en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

A slang shortening of carcass + it. Not related to cark (“to worry”). Used frequently in Australia.

Meanings

1. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, slang) To die.
   • The guy was running, then he had a heart attack and carked it.
   • If I hit the little shit too hard his parents could even sue me. There′s a fine line between self-defence and pure and simple mayhem. The little bastard might even cark it. 1998, Barry Westburg, Glenda & Me & Meathead Go For Broke: Rage of Angels: Expatriate Tales, page 74:
   • “Hi Bill. Zorah told you about Kate?” “That she carked it? Yeh.” Translation: That she died. Yeah. He flapped his hand in a go-away gesture and started toward the koalas, but not before I saw a haunted look in his eyes. Did he still care for Kate? 2010, Betty Webb, The Koala of Death, page 10:
   • He′d always bragged about carking it before he hit twenty. When he turned twenty, he escalated the date of his demise to twenty-five. 1989, Kathy Lette, Girl′s Night Out, →ISBN, page 86:

Forms