Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hollow or an incision, as in timber.
- noun See
dak . - To cut or mark with an incision.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To cut or mark with an incision; to gash.
- noun See
dak . - noun A hollow, crack, or cut, in timber.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
hollow orcrack intimber .
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Examples
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Dak or dawk bungalows (from _dak_ or _dawk_, a post, a relay of men for carrying the mails, &c.) are the government rest-houses established at intervals for the use of travellers on the high roads of India.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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A sharp iron nail unseen might "dawk" the skin off an unwary hand.
The Life of the Fields Richard Jefferies 1867
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Should a savage cat tear out a piece of flesh from the hand, she is said to "dawk" it out.
The Life of the Fields Richard Jefferies 1867
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She lieks tu sitz in da deeeep dawk plases, an tu snuuz on da black blankies an clowves, soz she can get mad at yu when you awmost sitz or stepz awn her!
Kitteh ruls of etiket: alwas - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Jimmba libz een Brummijum, witch wuz mai ole stawmpin grown back een teh dawk ayjiz!
U don’t like brekfist in bed? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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March 2, 2008 at 10:11 am verree verreee dawk stuff wawl paynt – blak x treemly dawk stuff lolcatburglar says:
HI, I IZ CAPTION - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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De floof iz flyin fik hear boyz, it bin a pleazur too surb wiht awl ob yoo… iz it gettin dawk in hea?
IM HIT! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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April 3, 2008 at 11:01 am wowz… i tinkz i beez in teh dawk! i onlee haerdz ov Sven/Ollie/Leena yokez!
six hours of practis a day - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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You tried to fix me up with your son, the dawk-tah, and you shared your pain over your daughter's accident.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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You tried to fix me up with your son, the dawk-tah, and you shared your pain over your daughter's accident.
vanishedone commented on the word dawk
From Open Minded Ethics: 'Dawk, v. To make a sweeping appraisal of something while at a distance from it so great that you cannot see it properly. “I tried to get him to consider Rowan Williams’ collection of poems carefully, but he was too busy dawkin’ at them.�?'
March 4, 2008