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BAUK

Definition: BAUK

BAUK

Noun & verb

1. Alt. of Baulk

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "BAUK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1646. (references)



Crosswords: BAUK

Non-English Usage: "BAUK" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Indonesian (beard), Serbo-Croatian (bogey, bogy, boogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear, hob, hobgoblin).

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Modern Usage: BAUK

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Bauk (1974)

Major Bauk (1951)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: BAUK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-k-u"

-1 letter: auk, kab.

-2 letters: ab, ba, ka.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-k-u"
 

+1 letter: baulk.

 

+2 letters: backup, baulks, baulky, buckra, chabuk, kabuki.

 

+3 letters: backout, backups, baulked, blaubok, breakup, buckram, buckras, bucksaw, bulkage, bulwark, bunraku, buyback, buzukia, chabouk, chabuks, cutback, cutbank, hackbut, hauberk, kabukis, kurbash, outback, outbake, outbark, runback, sackbut, sambuke, sawbuck, subtask, sunback, unbaked, unbrake.

 

+4 letters: babushka, backhaul, backouts, backrush, bankrupt, baudekin, baulkier, baulking, blackgum, blackout, blauboks, bluejack, breakout, breakups, buckaroo, buckayro, buckbean, buckrams, bucksaws, bucktail, bulkages, bulkhead, bulwarks, bunkmate, bunrakus, buybacks, chabouks, cutbacks, cutbanks, fullback, hackbuts, hauberks, humpback, kabeljou, kilobaud, megabuck, outbacks, outbaked, outbakes, outbarks, outbreak, pullback, runbacks, sackbuts, sambukes, sawbucks, subtasks, sunbaked, unbacked, unbraked, unbrakes.

 

+5 letters: audiobook, babushkas, backcourt, backhauls, backhouse, bankrupts, basketful, baudekins, baulkiest, bivouacks, blackgums, blackouts, bluejacks, bousoukia, bouzoukia, breakouts, brushback, buckaroos, buckayros, buckbeans, buckboard, buckramed, bucktails, buckwheat, buckyball, bulkheads, bulwarked, bunkmates, bushwhack, duckboard, fullbacks, grubstake, hibakusha, huckaback, humpbacks, hunchback, kabeljous, kilobauds, kurbashed, kurbashes, megabucks, multibank, outbaking, outbarked, outbreaks, parbuckle, pullbacks, quillback, rudbeckia, submarket, superbank, thumbtack, touchback, unbraking, unlikable, walkabout, waterbuck.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BAUK


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 41 55 4B

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    .-    ..-    -.-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01000001 01010101 01001011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#65 &#85 &#75

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0041 0055 004B

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36355545

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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