/tɔrsk/
UrsprungFrom Old Swedish þorsker, from Old Norse þorskr, from Proto-Germanic *þurskaz.
- common-gendercod, codfish
“kokt torsk med äggsås” — boiled cod with egg sauce [or "poached cod," but the recipe is usually called "kokt torsk" and not "pocherad torsk"]
- colloquial, common-gendera john, a punter (person who solicits the service of prostitutes)
- common-genderthrush (oral candidiasis)
- common-gender, often, slang(someone or something) toast (having suffered a setback or hopeless); (used as a noun) a goner, a loss, etc.
“soppatorsk” — out of gas [colloquial]
- common-gender, often, slangbusted (caught doing something illegal)
“Polisen kom och det blev torsk” — The police came and I was busted [it was [became] toast]
- common-gender, often, slanglosing
“Laget åkte på torsk” — The team took a loss
- common-gender, often, slanghooked; a junkie
“vara torsk på heroin / en herointorsk” — be hooked on heroin / a heroin junkie
- common-gender, often, slangpassionately into something; a sucker (for something), nuts (about something)
“vara torsk på julmusik” — be a sucker for Christmas songs
“Torsk på Tallinn” — Screwed in Tallinn [a comedy mockumentary]
Formertorsk(indefinite, nominative, singular) · torsks(genitive, indefinite, singular) · torsken(definite, nominative, singular) · torskens(definite, genitive, singular) · torskar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · torskars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · torskarna(definite, nominative, plural) · torskarnas(definite, genitive, plural)