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gawk
[ gawk ]
verb (used without object)
- to stare stupidly; gape:
The onlookers gawked at arriving celebrities.
Synonyms: rubberneck, goggle, gaze, ogle, peer
noun
- an awkward, foolish person.
gawk
/ ɡɔːk /
noun
- a clumsy stupid person; lout
verb
- intr to stare in a stupid way; gape
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Origin of gawk1
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Example Sentences
It would definitely be wrong for TLC to encourage us to gawk at these men but their story is worth investigating nonetheless.
More than 50,000 cars passed along Quiet Dell Road so people could gawk.
GAWK at the unparalleled treasures of the State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace.
Rather than be instructional or cautionary, the show turns its subjects into feasting zoo objects for audiences to gawk at.
Of those snapping pictures, almost all were locals who had paused to gawk at the strange sight.
Ere Alfred could reply, a big gawk chimed in with: "By the dust on their britches laigs I callerate they didn't ride much."
Several spectators stopped venting their wrath on the unfortunate man in the ring to gawk at the couple.
Well, Weener, are you going to stand there and gawk for the next twentyfour hours or are you coming back with us?
The silly old gawk has got hold of your father and has actually made the old man believe that you are bewitched!
She was tall and lean—a college friend had described her exactly as "half goddess and half gawk."
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