awk (comparative more awk, superlative most awk)
(obsolete) Odd; out of order; perverse.
(obsolete) Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister
(obsolete, UK, dialect) Clumsy in performance or manners; not dexterous; awkward.
Synonym: unhandy
(US slang, of a situation) Awkward; uncomfortable.
awk (comparative more awk, superlative most awk)
(obsolete) Perversely; in the wrong way.
From the initial letters of the surnames of its authors: Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan.
awk
(computing) A Unix scripting language or the command line interface itself.
• Kaw, Kwa, kaw
Source: Wiktionary
Awk, a. Etym: [OE. auk, awk (properly) turned away; (hence) contrary, wrong, from Icel. öfigr, öfugr, afigr, turning the wrong way, fr. af off, away; cf. OHG. abuh, Skr. apac turned away, fr. apa off, away + a root ak, ak, to bend, from which come also E. angle, anchor.]
1. Odd; out of order; perverse. [Obs.]
2. Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end). [Obs.] Golding.
3. Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Awk, adv.
Definition: Perversely; in the wrong way. L'Estrange.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
