English Explanatory Dictionary

dawk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To drive a sharp instrument into; incise with a jerk; puncture.
  2. To cut or mark with an incision; gash.
  3. To dig up weeds.
noun
  1. A hollow or crack in timber.
noun
  1. A person who advocates neither an aggressive nor a conciliatory political attitude (especially in foreign policy).
noun
  1. Alternative form of dak (“Indian post system”).
noun
  1. Archaic form of dhak (“the tree Butea monosperma”).

Pronunciation

/dɔːk/

Word forms

dawk dawks dawking dawked

Etymology

Ultimately from Old English dalc (“pin”). More at dalk.

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