Definition of awk

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Awk (a.) Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward.

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Jashawk :: Jashawk (n.) A young hawk.
Unskillful :: Unskillful (a.) Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician..
Gawk :: Gawk (n.) A simpleton; a booby; a gawky.
Mawkin :: Mawkin (n.) See Malkin, and Maukin..
Sternite :: Sternforemost (adv.) With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner..
Mawkish :: Mawkish (a.) Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting.
Untoward :: Untoward (a.) Awkward; ungraceful.
Hawk :: Hawk (n.) A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar..
Sphinx :: Sphinx (n.) Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidae; -- called also hawk moth.
Enseel :: Enseel (v. t.) To close eyes of; to seel; -- said in reference to a hawk.
Groundnut :: Groundnut (n.) A European plant of the genus Bunium (B. flexuosum), having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet, aromatic taste; -- called also earthnut, earth chestnut, hawknut, and pignut..
Squawk :: Squawk (v. i.) To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly..
Roughleg :: Roughleg (n.) Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard..
Goatsucker :: Goatsucker (n.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk..
Falcongentil :: Falcongentil (n.) The female or young of the goshawk (Astur palumbarius).
Guy :: Guy (n.) A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot..
Coster :: Coster (n.) One who hawks about fruit, green vegetables, fish, etc..
Vanner Hawk :: Vanner hawk () The kestrel.
Cheap-john :: Cheap-john (n.) A seller of low-priced or second goods; a hawker.
Awk :: Awk (adv.) Perversely; in the wrong way.
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