birkie

See also: Birkie

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪ̈rkɪ/, /ˈbʌrkɪ/

Adjective

birkie (comparative birkier, superlative birkiest)

1. Spirited, energetic.
   • 1835, Robert Nicoll, “The Auld Beggar Man”, in Poems and Lyrics (in English), Edinburgh: William Tait; London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.; Dublin: John Cumming, →OCLC, page 11:

     Syne the hale kintra's clashes he screeds them aff han'— / He's a gabbin' bit birkie, the Auld Beggar Man.

Noun

birkie (plural birkies)

1. A spirited or energetic (especially young) man.