ilk
Pronunciation Adjective

ilk (not comparable)

  1. (Scotland and Northern England) Very; same.
Noun

ilk (plural ilks)

  1. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
    • 1906, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, Chapter 25
      "Hinkydink” or “Bathhouse John,” or others of that ilk, were proprietors of the most notorious dives in Chicago […]
    • 1931, Ogden Nash, The Cow:
      The cow is of the bovine ilk;
      One end is moo, the other, milk.
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