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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • obsolete Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward.
  • obsolete Odd; out of order; perverse.
  • obsolete Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, ''the awk end of a rod'' (the butt end).

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Adverb:

  • obsolete Perversely; in the wrong way.

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Noun:

  • computing A Unix script written in the ''awk'' language.

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Proper noun:

  • computing A Unix scripting language or the command line interface itself.

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