วก(wók)

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] turn back; double back

To change direction and go back the way one came; to loop back.

Examples

ขับรถkàp rótขับรถkàp rót[to] drive (a motor vehicle)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ทางเข้าtaang kâoทางเข้าtaang kâo1entrance; entryway2access link/portal (computing)ไปแล้วbpai láewไปแล้วbpai láew1[to] have gone; have left; be gone (completed action)2[to] be off now; I'm leaving (announcement)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightวกกลับwók glàpวกกลับwók glàp1[to] double back; [to] turn back2[to] go back to the topic; [to] circle back (figurative)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerที่เดิมtêe dermที่เดิมtêe derm1the same place; the original place2in the same place; at the original location
I drove past the entrance, so I had to loop back to the same spot.
2VerbC1

[to] digress; veer off-topic

To stray from the main subject and then often return to it.

Examples

อาจารย์เล่าaa-jaan lâoอาจารย์เล่าaa-jaan lâothe teacher/professor tellsเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesอื่นèunอื่นèun1other; different; else2else; otherwise (as a modifying element)3others; other people/thingsแทรกsâaekแทรกsâaek1[to] insert; interpose2[to] slip in; mingle3[to] interrupt; cut in4[to] overlay; superimpose5[to] penetrate; infiltrate6[to] weave into; intersperseไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)พักหนึ่งpák nèungพักหนึ่งpák nèungfor a moment; for a whileแล้วก็láeo gâwแล้วก็láeo gâw1and then; after that (sequence)2and also; plus (addition)3and; so; then (continuation/filler)วกกลับwók glàpวกกลับwók glàp1[to] double back; [to] turn back2[to] go back to the topic; [to] circle back (figurative)มาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotหัวข้อhŭua kôหัวข้อhŭua kô1topic; subject2title; heading3item; list entryเดิมdermเดิมderm1original; initial2former; previous3as before; originally; same as before
The teacher digressed for a while and then circled back to the original topic.
3AdjectiveC1

evasive; roundabout (speech)

Describing speech or behavior that avoids being direct or stays indirect; circuitous.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillตอบคำถามdtòp kam tăamตอบคำถามdtòp kam tăam1[to] answer [a question]2[to] take questions; field questionsแบบbàepแบบbàep1model; pattern; design; template2style; type; kind; manner3form; questionnaire4in a ... way; -ly (pre-head adverbial marker)5prototype; sampleวกwókวกwók1[to] turn back; double back2[to] digress; veer off-topic3evasive; roundabout (speech)ไปมาbpai maaไปมาbpai maa1[to] go back and forth; frequent2back and forth; to and fro3(in 'ไป ... มา') indicates a completed round tripไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ยอมyomยอมyom1[to] agree; consent2[to] allow; permit3[to] yield; give in; submit4[to] admit (acknowledge)พูดตรงๆpôot dtrong dtrongพูดตรงๆpôot dtrong dtrongfrankly; directlyว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)รับผิดชอบráp pìt chôpรับผิดชอบráp pìt chôp1[to] be responsible for2[to] take responsibility (for)3[to] be in charge ofหรือไม่rĕu mâiหรือไม่rĕu mâi1or not? (question particle)2whether (or not)
He answered in a roundabout way, refusing to say directly whether he would take responsibility.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

วกกลับwók glàpวกกลับwók glàp1[to] double back; [to] turn back2[to] go back to the topic; [to] circle back (figurative)
  • [to] double back; [to] turn back
  • [to] go back to the topic; [to] circle back (figurative)
วกวนwók wonวกวนwók won1circuitous; convoluted; rambling2[to] meander; beat around the bush
  • circuitous; convoluted; rambling
  • [to] meander; beat around the bush
วนกลับwon glàpวนกลับwon glàp[to] loop back; [to] circle back

[to] loop back; [to] circle back

ย้อนกลับyón glàpย้อนกลับyón glàp1[to] go back; revert2back; in reverse3back (button/action)
  • [to] go back; revert
  • back; in reverse
  • back (button/action)
อ้อมค้อมôm-kómอ้อมค้อมôm-kóm1indirect; roundabout2[to] speak indirectly; beat around the bush
  • indirect; roundabout
  • [to] speak indirectly; beat around the bush