jaukv.
/dʒɔːk/, U.S. /dʒɔk/, /dʒɑk/, Scottish English /dʒɔk/ Scottish.
intransitive. To trifle, delay, dawdle.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)]
geleOE
studegieOE
abideOE
to do in or a (= on) fristc1175
dwellc1175
demurc1230
targec1250
dretcha1325
tarrya1375
sojourn1377
defer1382
letc1385
hinderc1386
blina1400
delay?a1400
honea1400
litea1400
overbidea1400
prolongc1425
supersede1433
hoverc1440
tarrowc1480
sunyie1488
stay?a1500
sleep1519
slack1530
protract1540
linger1548
procrastinate1548
slackc1560
slug1565
jauk1568
temporize1579
detract1584
longering1587
sit1591
prorogue1593
to time it out1613
to lie out1640
crastinate1656
taigle17..
to hang fire1782
to hold off1790
to hang it on1819
prevaricate1854
to lie over1856
to tread water1942
to drag one's feet1946
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.
a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 435 They haid jaked on manie dayes.
1786 R. Burns Cotter's Sat. Night vi, in Poems & Songs (1968) I. 147 And ne'er, tho' out o' sight, to jauk or play.
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