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rawk

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A thick fog.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Yorkshire

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A mark.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete, possibly

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Pronunciation spelling of rock (“music genre”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable

Examples

  • I enjoy listening to good rawk.

Meaning relationships

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4

verb

Meaning 4

Pronunciation spelling of rock.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling

Examples

  • What do ya think 'bout it? It rawks!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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History

Etymology

Related to roke (“mist; smoke”), Swedish rök (“smoke”). Compare raggy (“foggy”).

Compare roke (“defect in steel”).