Meanings
nounwoak (plural woaks)
plural woaks
- EnglanddialectalobsoletepossiblyAn oak.
When I'd a-hung un up in th' woak tree […]
1890, Sydney Savory Buckman, John Darke's Sojourn, section XIV1 more example
As we wer catchèn vrom our laps / Below a woak our bits an' draps […]
1879, William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect, section 78
Origin
- Middle Englishwocke“oak”
- Englishwoak
Like one, the word oak acquired an intrusive initial /w/ in some dialects beginning already in the 1400s with Middle English wocke (“oak”).
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Rhymes with woak
oaksmokefolkspokebrokejokeloccokestokekochbaroquesoakcloakchokerevokebespokeyokeprovokeevokeblokecoqyolkhoketoke
All rhymes →Sounds the same
Cite this entry
APA
woak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woak
MLA
“woak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woak. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woak,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woak.
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