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gawk

[ gawk ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to stare stupidly; gape:

    The onlookers gawked at arriving celebrities.

    Synonyms: rubberneck, goggle, gaze, ogle, peer



noun

  1. an awkward, foolish person.

gawk

/ ɡɔːk /

noun

  1. a clumsy stupid person; lout


verb

  1. intr to stare in a stupid way; gape

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gawk1

1775–85; apparently representing OE word meaning fool, equivalent to ga(gol) foolish + -oc -ock; used attributively in gawk hand, gallock hand left hand

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gawk1

C18: from Old Danish gaukr; probably related to gape

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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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