gawk
to stare stupidly; gape: The onlookers gawked at arriving celebrities.
an awkward, foolish person.
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How to use gawk in a sentence
It would definitely be wrong for TLC to encourage us to gawk at these men but their story is worth investigating nonetheless.
Your Husband Is Definitely Gay: TLC’s Painful Portrait of Mormonism | Samantha Allen | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTMore than 50,000 cars passed along Quiet Dell Road so people could gawk.
Murder, She Wrote: Jayne Anne Phillips on Her New Novel | Jane Ciabattari | October 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTgawk at the unparalleled treasures of the State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace.
How to Play Hooky at the G20 Summit: A Guide to St. Petersburg | Nina Strochlic | September 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTRather than be instructional or cautionary, the show turns its subjects into feasting zoo objects for audiences to gawk at.
‘The Man With the 132 Lb. Scrotum’: TLC’s Lowest Show Yet? | Kevin Fallon | August 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOf those snapping pictures, almost all were locals who had paused to gawk at the strange sight.
Tourists in New York Flock to See Damage Wrought by Sandy | Nina Strochlic | November 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Ere Alfred could reply, a big gawk chimed in with: "By the dust on their britches laigs I callerate they didn't ride much."
Watch Yourself Go By | Al. G. FieldSeveral spectators stopped venting their wrath on the unfortunate man in the ring to gawk at the couple.
Thy Rocks and Rills | Robert Ernest GilbertWell, Weener, are you going to stand there and gawk for the next twentyfour hours or are you coming back with us?
Greener Than You Think | Ward MooreThe silly old gawk has got hold of your father and has actually made the old man believe that you are bewitched!
The Christian | Hall CaineShe was tall and lean—a college friend had described her exactly as "half goddess and half gawk."
Walking Shadows | Alfred Noyes
British Dictionary definitions for gawk
/ (ɡɔːk) /
a clumsy stupid person; lout
(intr) to stare in a stupid way; gape
Origin of gawk
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