noun
Meaning 1
A hollow or crack in timber.
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Standard Lemma guide
dawk
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/dɔːk/
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rhymes with -ɔːk
noun
Meaning 2
A person who advocates neither an aggressive nor a conciliatory political attitude (especially in foreign policy).
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Topics: government, politics
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noun
Meaning 3
Alternative form of dak (“Indian post system”).
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 4
Archaic form of dhak (“flame of the forest tree (Butea monosperma)”).
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Usage: alt-of, archaic
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verb
Meaning 5
To drive a sharp instrument into; incise with a jerk; puncture.
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Usage: UK, dialectal, transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To cut or mark with an incision; gash.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To dig up weeds.
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Usage: UK, dialectal, transitive
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History
Etymology
Ultimately from Old English dalc (“pin”). More at dalk.
Blend of dove + hawk. Coined by American author Donald S. Zagoria in 1967 (see quotation).