Talk:mark

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mark

Wrestling sense. Not sure if this should be {{rfd-redundant}} or rfv. Or both. --Connel MacKenzie 17:39, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, if you consider pro wrestlers to be con artists then yes, they are redundant. DAVilla 18:58, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

A con artist isn't the only thing described in the earlier definitions; as they are simply specialized "actors" it is more of swindle. Either way, the "wrestling" sense is only an example, not a distinct sense. --Connel MacKenzie 17:35, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Are they swindlers then? In other words, does pro wrestling have "intended victims"? DAVilla 17:07, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

RFV failed, sense removed. —Ruakh_TALK 21:28, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Etymology

A noun and a verb have been given the same etymology. This needs to be fixed. Njardarlogar 13:24, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Added verb meaning

Per '[mark:verb]', the list should include this sense of the word:
A territorial animal will 'mark' its territory (the land that it claims certain rights to) with urine, scat, rubbing foliage, scratching trees, etc. This marking can be perimeter only, or throughout or only along trails within the territory, or at certain resources within the territory. In most cases, the marking is 'intended' for certain others, usually only of its own species.
--Wikidity (talk) 01:19, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Nautical sense

I'm watching Star Trek: The Next Generation and they keep using 'mark' to mean full stop/period. For example, spoken speech 'Set new heading, one-four-five mark three-seven-oh,' which in the subtitles reads 'Set new heading, 145.370.'

I don't see that definition here. If appropriate, can someone more knowledgable add it? 104.174.110.110 19:38, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Slang for "hit on"

Interesting example in today's Guardian, in a report on Sarah Sanders' book Speaking for myself (here):

Then, Sanders writes, she looked up “to notice Kim staring at me. We made direct eye contact and Kim nodded and appeared to wink at me. I was stunned. I quickly looked down and continued taking notes.

“… All I could think was, ‘What just happened? Surely Kim Jong-un did not just mark me!?’”

I'm not sure if this is an example of sense 11 of the English verb, or if it should be listed as a different sense. --Doric Loon (talk) 09:45, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

make a mark

To do something that makes one famous or successful; to do something that is very important or meaningful --Backinstadiums (talk) 21:41, 14 March 2021 (UTC)