dawk

English

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Old English dalc (“pin”). More at dalk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔːk/
• Rhymes: -ɔːk

Verb

dawk (third-person singular simple present dawks, present participle dawking, simple past and past participle dawked)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To drive a sharp instrument into; incise with a jerk; puncture.
2. (transitive) To cut or mark with an incision; gash.
3. (transitive, UK dialectal) To dig up weeds.

Noun

dawk (plural dawks)

1. A hollow or crack in timber.
   • 1677–1683, Joseph Moxon, “(please specify the page)”, in Mechanick Exercises, or The Doctrine of Handy-Works, […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Joseph Moxon, published 1678–1683, →OCLC:

     THE DAWK was a slight concavity or depression in the body of the cast type , made by a corresponding convexity in the mould

Etymology 2

Blend of dove +‎ hawk. Coined by American author Donald S. Zagoria in 1967 (see quotation).

Noun

dawk (plural dawks)

1. (politics) A person who advocates neither an aggressive nor a conciliatory political attitude (especially in foreign policy).

   Coordinate terms: dove, hawk

   • 1967, Donald S. Zagoria, “Peking’s Hawks, Doves, and Dawks” (chapter 3), in Vietnam Triangle: Moscow, Peking, Hanoi, New York, N.Y.: Pegasus, →LCCN, page 67:

     In the analysis that follows, I shall explore the foreign policy views of three distinct factions within the Chinese elite: “hawks, doves, and dawks.” In my view, the “dawks,” “centrists,” or more precisely, Maoists, have won.

Etymology 3

Noun

dawk (plural dawks)

1. Alternative form of dak (“Indian post system”).

Etymology 4

Noun

dawk (plural dawks)

1. Archaic form of dhak (“the tree Butea monosperma”).

Maltese

Alternative forms

• dawka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dawk/

Determiner

dawk

1. plural of dak

Noun

dawk pl

1. (euphemistic) money

   Synonym: flus