Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- /mɔːk/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- /mɔːk/
Definitions of mawk word
- noun mawk (obsolete except in dialects) a maggot. 1
- noun Definition of mawk in Technology (language, tool) An faster implementation of nawk written by Mike Brennan at Boeing in 1991 and distributed under GPL but distinct from GNU's gawk. Interpreter version 1.1.3 has been ported to Sun-3, Sun-4/SunOS 4.0.3; Vax/BSD 4.3, ULTRIX 4.1; Stardent 3000/SYSVR3; DECStation/ULTRIX 4.1, MS-DOS/Turbo C++. 1
- noun mawk a maggot 0
- noun mawk (obsolete except in dialects) a maggot. 0
- noun mawk (Obsolete (No longer in use)) (Britain, dialect) a slattern. 0
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Parts of speech for Mawk
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mawk popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 75% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
mawk usage trend in Literature
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