verb (used without object)
1.
to stare stupidly; gape: The onlookers gawked at arriving celebrities.
noun
2.
an awkward, foolish person.
Origin:
1775–85; apparently representing OE word meaning fool, equivalent to ga(gol) foolish + -oc -ock; used attributively in gawk hand, gallock hand left hand
1775–85; apparently representing OE word meaning fool, equivalent to ga(gol) foolish + -oc -ock; used attributively in gawk hand, gallock hand left hand
Synonyms
1. peer, ogle, gaze, goggle, rubberneck.
1. peer, ogle, gaze, goggle, rubberneck.
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gawk (ɡɔːk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a clumsy stupid person; lout |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (intr) to stare in a stupid way; gape |
| [C18: from Old Danish gaukr; probably related to | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
gawk
1785, perhaps from M.E. gowen "to stare," from O.N. ga "to heed." Related: Gawked; gawking.
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Computing Dictionary
gawk definition
tool, languageGNU awk. Gawk is a superset of standard awk and includes some Plan 9 features.
David Trueman and Arnold Robbins of Georgia Institute of Technology were developing it in 1993. It has been ported to Unix, MS-DOS, Macintosh, and Archimedes.
Latest version: 2.15.3, as of 1993-11-08.
Available by FTP from your nearest GNU archive site.
Mac version (ftp://archive.umich.edu/mac/utilities/developerhelps/macgawk2.11.cpt.hqx).
(2000-10-21)
Example sentences
But even while you may gawk in amazement at this show, it starts to wear thin.
Or you can play until the wine bottles are drained, and it's time to go outside to gawk at the stars.
The players had the look of two contest winners trying not to gawk at their five-star hotel.
Durning asks the other shoppers, who have gathered to gawk.
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