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cark it (三人称単数 現在形 carks it, 現在分詞 carking it, 過去形および過去分詞形 carked it)

1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To die.

   The guy was running, then he had a heart attack and carked it.

   • 1989, Kathy Lette, Girl′s Night Out‎^[1], →ISBN, page 86:

     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.

   • 1998, Barry Westburg, Glenda & Me & Meathead Go For Broke, Rage of Angels: Expatriate Tales, page 74,

     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.

   • 2010, Betty Webb, The Koala of Death‎^[2], page 10:

     “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?