jauk, v. Sc.
(dʒɔːk)
Also 6–7 jake.
[Origin obscure: cf. jank.]
intr. To trifle, delay, dawdle.
| 1568 ‘Say weill is trewly ane wirthy guid Thing’ in Bannatyne Poems (1885) ii. 231 Say weill him self will sumtyme adwance, Bot do weill dois nowdir jake nor prance. 1600 J. Melvill Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 435 They haid jaked on manie dayes. 1785 Burns Cotter's Saturday Nt. vi, An' ne'er tho' out o' sight, to jauk or play. 1825–80 Jamieson, To Jank, to trifle, to dally, in walking or work. |