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hwk

hwk is the abbreviation of homework.

Meaning of homework

Noun

homework (usually uncountable, plural homeworks)

  1. (usually) Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.
    • You must do your homework before you can watch television.
    1. (broadly, usually) Something which one is encouraged to learn or study on one's own.
      • The speaker had certainly done his homework before delivering the lecture.
  2. (archaic, literally, usually) Any work that is done at home; housework.
    • Hatch perceived homework to be one tool—along with various workfare schemes and private sector training programs—that would take women off welfare and make poor women "independent."1989, Eileen Boris, Cynthia R. Daniels, Homework: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Paid Labor at Home, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 241
  3. (euphemistic, slang, usually) Sexual intercourse.
    • My wife and I want a kid, and we do plenty of homework, but goddamn it, Dutch, I just can't connect.1933, James T. Farrell, Gas-House McGinty, page 186
    Synonyms:
    sex, sex act, sexual act
  4. (usually) Tasks assigned by a dominant for a submissive to perform when they are physically away from their dominant or otherwise free.

Synonyms of hwk

Questions about hwk

What is hwk the abbreviation of?
Hwk is the abbreviation of homework.

Words near hwk in the dictionary

  1. HWE reactions
  2. HWH
  3. Hwicce
  4. HWIL
  5. hwite
  6. hwk
  7. HWL
  8. HWLs
  9. HWM
  10. HWMs
  11. HWOB

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