AWK meaning: Text processing and pattern scanning tool

We found 24 dictionaries that define the word awk:

General (13 matching dictionaries)

awk: Merriam-Webster.com
Awk, awk: Wordnik
awk: Wiktionary
awk: Dictionary.com
AWK (disambiguation), AWK (programming language), AWK, Awk: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Awk: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
awk: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
Awk: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
awk: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
awk, awk: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
awk: Free Dictionary
Awk: Dictionary/thesaurus
awk: Merriam-Webster.com

Computing (7 matching dictionaries)

awk: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
awk: CCI Computer
BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
Awk: Dictionary of Programming Languages
Webopedia (No longer online)
I T Glossary (No longer online)
AWK (programming language), awk: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

AWK: Acronym Finder
AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

awk: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (awk)

▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Odd; out of order; perverse.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete, UK, dialect) Clumsy in performance or manners; not dexterous; awkward.
▸ adjective:  (US, slang, of a situation) Awkward; uncomfortable.
▸ adverb:  (obsolete) Perversely; in the wrong way.
▸ noun:  (computer languages) A Unix scripting language for text processing, or the command line interface itself.

Opposite:

graceful, smooth, coordinated, elegant, fluid

Types:

gawk, mawk, nawk, more...

Phrases:

gnu awk, more...

Adjectives:

new, original, old, little, traditional

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