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howk

howk verb: to disturb by digging.

Verb

howk (third-person singular simple present howks, present participle howking, simple past and past participle howked)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To disturb by digging.
    • But Tom […] he pecked and howked the poor water-things about sadly, till they were all afraid of him, and got out of his way, or crept into their shells; so he had no one to speak to or play with.1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby

Forms of howk

third-person singular presenthowks
present participlehowking
past participlehowked
pasthowked

Questions about howk

What does howk mean?
Howk means to disturb by digging.
What part of speech is howk?
Howk is a verb.
What is the past tense of howk?
The past tense of howk is howked.

Words near howk in the dictionary

  1. howitzering
  2. howitzerlike
  3. howitzers
  4. howitzes
  5. howja
  6. howk
  7. howked
  8. howker
  9. howkers
  10. howking
  11. Howkins

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