Awk

//ɔːk//

Synonyms for "awk" (2 found)

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Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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the awk end of hir charmed rod

Source: wiktionary

[…] whose wild and madbrain humour nothing fitteth so just, as the stalest dudgen or absurdest balductum, that they or their mates can invent in odd and awk speeches […]

Source: wiktionary

Ill huſbandry drowſeth at fortune ſo awke, / good huſbandry rowſeth him ſelfe like a hawke.

Source: wiktionary

One thing awk is good for is picking out and possibly rearranging columns within command output.

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.