Definition of awk

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

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Maladroit :: Maladroit (a.) Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful.
Cadge :: Cadge (n.) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
Clumsy :: Clumsy (superl.) Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse..
Squawking :: Squawked (imp. & p. p.) of Squaw.
Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting..
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..
Hawked :: Hawked (a.) Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
Lure :: Lure (n.) A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks..
Redtail :: Redtail (n.) The red-tailed hawk.
Loutish :: Loutish (a.) Clownish; rude; awkward.
Muff :: Muff (v. t.) To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it..
Sphinx :: Sphinx (n.) In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion..
Dak :: Dak (n.) Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk..
Meute :: Meute (n.) A cage for hawks; a mew. See 4th Mew, 1..
Gaucherie :: Gaucherie (n.) An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness.
Haggard :: Haggard (a.) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
Maladdress :: Maladdress (n.) Bad address; an awkward, tactless, or offensive way of accosting one or talking with one..
Scrawler :: Scrawler (n.) One who scrawls; a hasty, awkward writer..
Trussing :: Trussing (n.) The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air..
Hoddydoddy :: Hoddydoddy (n.) An awkward or foolish person.
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