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
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
