English
Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/��k/
italbrac|US IPA|/��k/
Homophones
auk
Adjective
en-adj
- obsolete odd|Odd; out of order; perverse.
- obsolete wrong|Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the butt end).
- obsolete Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward.
Adverb
awk
- obsolete perverse|Perversely; in the wrong way.
Proper noun
en-proper noun
- computing A Unix scripting language or the command line interface itself.
Noun
en-noun|-
- computing A Unix script written in the awk language.
References
R:1913
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