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mawk

English

Etymology

From Middle English mawke, moke, a contraction of mathek, maddok, from Old Norse maðkr (maggot), a diminutive of a base from Proto-Germanic *maþô (worm) (compare Old English maþa), from Proto-Indo-European *mat-, *mot- used in reference to insects and vermin. Cognate with Danish madike, Swedish mask, archaic English maddock (modern maggot).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /m??k/
  • Rhymes: -??k

Noun

mawk (plural mawks)

  1. (obsolete except in dialects) a maggot
  2. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) a slattern

Related terms

  • mawkish
  • mawky

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rawk

English

Etymology 1

Noun

rawk (plural rawks)

  1. (Yorkshire) A thick fog.

Etymology 2

Noun

rawk (plural rawks)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of rock.
    I enjoy listening to good rawk.

Verb

rawk (third-person singular simple present rawks, present participle rawking, simple past and past participle rawked)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of rock.
    What do ya think 'bout it? It rawks!

Anagrams

  • Wark, wark

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