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Awk

/ɔːk/

Odd; out of order; perverse.

📖 Definitions of "Awk"

adjective
  1. 1

    Odd; out of order; perverse.

  2. 2

    Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister

    "the awk end of a rod (the butt end)."

  3. 3

    Clumsy in performance or manners; not dexterous; awkward.

  4. 4

    (of a situation) Awkward; uncomfortable.

adverb
  1. 1

    Perversely; in the wrong way.

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