Meaning & use
murk
Thick darkness or a dim, hazy atmosphere that makes it hard to see clearly.
See it in a sentence
The lighthouse beam struggled to cut through the murk of the foggy harbor.
Divers could barely make out shapes in the murk of the flooded cave.
A note on using this word
In slang, especially in hip-hop, 'murk' or 'murked' is used as a verb meaning to kill or decisively defeat someone; that sense is informal and best avoided in formal writing.
Words with a similar meaning
gloomdarkness
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Another way to use it
2. verb
(informal, slang) To kill, decisively defeat, or thoroughly outperform someone.
In the video game, the top player murked everyone in the final round.
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