dawk — Dizionario inglese

Verbo

1. To drive a sharp instrument into; incise with a jerk; puncture.

   Uso

   • uso britannico
   • dialectal
   • transitivo

2. To cut or mark with an incision; gash.

   Uso

   • transitivo

3. To dig up weeds.

   Uso

   • uso britannico
   • dialectal
   • transitivo

Sostantivo

1. A hollow or crack in timber.

   Esempi

   THE DAWK was a slight concavity or depression in the body of the cast type , made by a corresponding convexity in the mould

Sostantivo

1. A person who advocates neither an aggressive nor a conciliatory political attitude (especially in foreign policy).

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   In the analysis that follows, I shall explore the foreign policy views of three distinct factions within the Chinese elite: “hawks, doves, and dawks.” In my view, the “dawks,” “centrists,” or more precisely, Maoists, have won.