"tawk" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tawks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tawk (countable and uncountable, plural tawks)
  1. Eye dialect spelling of talk, representing New York City English. Tags: alt-of, countable, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable Alternative form of: talk, representing New York City English
    Sense id: en-tawk-en-noun-NCj5vt-a Categories (other): English eye dialect, New York City English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Verb

Forms: tawks [present, singular, third-person], tawking [participle, present], tawked [participle, past], tawked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} tawk (third-person singular simple present tawks, present participle tawking, simple past and past participle tawked)
  1. Eye dialect spelling of talk, representing New York City English. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: talk, representing New York City English
    Sense id: en-tawk-en-verb-NCj5vt-a Categories (other): English eye dialect, New York City English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

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