Usually means: Minimal, fast version of awk.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word mawk:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. mawk: Merriam-Webster
  2. mawk: Collins English Dictionary
  3. mawk: Wordnik
  4. mawk: Wiktionary
  5. Mawk, mawk: Dictionary.com
  6. Mawk: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Mawk: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. mawk: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Mawk: Rhymezone
  10. Mawk: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. mawk: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. mawk: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Mawk: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. mawk: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Mawk (disambiguation), mawk: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mawk: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mawk)

▸ noun:  (obsolete except in dialects) A maggot.
▸ noun:  (UK, dialect, obsolete) A slattern.

Similar:
mallemuck, maddock, mank, molly-mawk, muck fly, morkin, muck, muke, Mawworm, muckamuck, more...

Types:
mawkish, sickly sweet, cloying, saccharine, syrupy, more...

Phrases:
molly mawk, more...

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Similar:
mallemuck, maddock, mank, molly-mawk, muck fly, morkin, muck, muke, Mawworm, muckamuck, more...

Types:
mawkish, sickly sweet, cloying, saccharine, syrupy, more...

Phrases:
molly mawk, more...



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