Sunday, 21 November 2010

Wonderful Words and Phrases - Howk

howk [ howk ] (past and past participle howked, present participle howk·ing, 3rd person present singular howks)

transitive and intransitive verb

Definition:

Scotland dig: to dig, or dig something up or out ( informal )

[14th century. Originally holk, related to hole, hollow]

Example - whit ar ye daeing howking at yer nose?

0 comments:

Post a Comment