Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word wauking.

Examples

  • No moar wauking bak 2 teh car waring out mai paws.

    Got enny qarters - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Because, graced be Gad and all giddy gadgets, in whose words were the beginnings, there are two signs to tum to, the yest and the ist, the wright side and the wronged side, feeling aslip and wauking up, so an, so farth.

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • I suspect from the title and the heavy rhythm that it was used while "wauking the tweed"

    Uist Tramping Song 1997

  • I ken ye're within doors, and wauking, for I saw ye at the door-cheek as I cam ower the bent; will ye come out and speak just a gliff to ane that has mony thanks to gie ye?

    The Black Dwarf 1898

  • “Jeems Robson, ye are sleepin '; I insist on your wauking when God's word is preached to ye.”

    Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874

  • "I asked Caxon that very question," answered Ochiltree, "and he said he could look in ilka morning, and gie't a touch afore he gaed to his bed, for there's another man to watch in the day-time, and Caxon says he'll friz your honour's wig as weel sleeping as wauking."

    The Antiquary — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

  • I ken ye're within doors, and wauking, for I saw ye at the door-cheek as I cam ower the bent; will ye come out and speak just a gliff to ane that has mony thanks to gie ye?

    The Black Dwarf Walter Scott 1801

  • "I asked Caxon that very question," answered Ochiltree, "and he said he could look in ilka morning, and gie't a touch afore he gaed to his bed, for there's another man to watch in the day-time, and Caxon says he'll friz your honour's wig as weel sleeping as wauking."

    The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • ` ` and he said he could look in ilka morning, and gie't a touch afore he gaed to his bed, for there's another man to watch in the day-time, and Caxon says he'll friz your honour's wig as weel sleeping as wauking. ''

    The Antiquary 1845

  • I ken ye’re within doors, and wauking, for I saw ye at the door-cheek as I cam ower the bent; will ye come out and speak just a gliff to ane that has mony thanks to gie ye? —

    The Black Dwarf 2004

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.