WOUK

Meaning of WOUK in English

/wohk/ , n.

Herman , born 1915, U.S. novelist.

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WOUK, HERMAN — born May 27, 1915, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. novelist. His experience serving aboard a destroyer-minesweeper in World War II …
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WOUK, HERMAN — born May 27, 1915, New York City U.S. novelist best known for his epic war novels. During World War II …
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WOUK, HERMAN — born May 27, 1915, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. novelist. His experience serving aboard a destroyer-minesweeper in World War II …
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WOUK, HERMAN — (р. 1915) Вук, Герман Прозаик, драматург, публицист. Во время второй мировой войны служил в ВМС США [Navy, U.S.]. Стал известен в …
WOUK, HERMAN — (р. 1915) Вук, Герман Прозаик, драматург, публицист. Во время второй мировой войны служил в ВМС США . Стал известен в …
HERMAN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Curtis Cyrus Herman Kotzschmar Dreiser Theodore Herman Albert Anton Herman Gerard Fokker Frye Herman …
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TUNE — I. ˈt(y)ün noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, alteration of ton, tone — more at tone 1. a. archaic …
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SWEET — I. ˈswēt, usu -ēd.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English swete, sweete, from Old English swēte; akin to Old …
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SMART — I. ˈsmär]t, -mȧ], usu ]d.+V\ verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English smerten, from Old English smeortan; akin to Middle …
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SECURE — I. -kyu̇(ə)r, -u̇ə adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Latin securus free from care, safe, secure, from sed, se without …
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PLOD — I. ˈpläd verb ( plodded ; plodded ; plodding ; plods ) Etymology: imitative intransitive verb 1. : to walk …
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JETTY — I. ˈjed.]ē, -et], ]i\ noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English getee, jette, from Middle French jetee action of throwing …
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FUZZY — I. ˈfəzē, -zi adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: perhaps from Low German fussig loose, light, spongy; akin to Dutch voos …
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FUNGUS — I. ˈfəŋgəs noun ( plural fun·gi ˈfənˌjī, ˈfəŋˌgī ; also funguses ) Etymology: Latin, probably modification of Greek spongos sponge, …
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CLUSTER — I. ˈkləstə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English cluster, clustre, from Old English clyster, cluster; akin to Low German …
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CATARACT — I. ˈkad.əˌrakt, -atə- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English cataracte floodgate, from Latin cataracta, catarractes waterfall, portcullis, floodgate, from …
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BURGEON — I. noun or bour·geon ˈbərjən, ˈbə̄j-, ˈbəij- ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English burjon, burjoun bud, from Old French burjon, …
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BULK — I. ˈbəlk, ˈbu̇lk, ˈbəu̇k noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bulke, from Old Norse bulki cargo; probably akin to …
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BLATHER — I. ˈblathə(r) intransitive verb also bleth·er ˈbleth- ( blathered ; blathered ; blathering -th(ə)riŋ ; blathers ) Etymology: Old Norse …
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ADDRESS — I. əˈdres also aˈd- or ˈaˌd- verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English adressen, from Middle French adrescer, adresser, from …
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UNHEEDING — |ən+ adverb (or adjective) Etymology: un- (I) + heeding, present participle of heed : in an inattentive manner : absently …
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SLUGGISH — ˈsləgish, -gēsh adjective Etymology: Middle English sluggus, sluggish, from slugge sluggard + -us, -ish -ish — more at slug 1. …
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SKULDUGGERY — noun or skull·dug·gery also scul·dug·gery or scull·dug·gery ˌskəlˈdəg(ə)rē, -ri also ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷ ( -es ) Etymology: alteration of sculduddery 1. a. …
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SHREWDLY — adverb Etymology: Middle English shrewedly, from shrewed shrewd + -ly : in a shrewd manner: as a. : hurtfully , …
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PENSIVE — ˈpen(t)siv, -sēv also -səv adjective Etymology: Middle English pensif, from Middle French, from penser to think (from Latin pensare to …
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NIRVANA — nirˈvänə, niəˈ-, nə(r)ˈ-, -anə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit nirvāṇa, literally, blowing out, from nir-, nis- out + vāti …
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IRASCIBLE
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HEDONIC — (ˈ)hē|dänik, -nēk adjective also he·don·i·cal -nə̇kəl, -nēk- Etymology: hedonic from Greek hēdonikos, from hēdonē pleasure + -ikos -ic; hedonical from …
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HEARTINESS — ]d.ēnə̇s, ]d.in- noun ( -es ) 1. : cordiality or geniality of manner : cheeriness , friendliness detested his backslapping …
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HEALTHY
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GOON — ˈgün noun ( -s ) Etymology: partly short for English dialect gooney simpleton, variant of gony, gawney; partly after Alice …
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