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howks

howks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of howk.

Meaning of howk

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

Questions about howks

What is howks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Howks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of howk.

Words near howks in the dictionary

  1. howked
  2. howker
  3. howkers
  4. howking
  5. Howkins
  6. howks
  7. howl
  8. howl at the moon
  9. howl down
  10. howl on
  11. howl out

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