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gawked

[gawk] Origin

gawk

[gawk]
verb (used without object)
1.
to stare stupidly; gape: The onlookers gawked at arriving celebrities.
noun
2.
an awkward, foolish person.

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Gawked is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

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


1. peer, ogle, gaze, goggle, rubberneck.

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gawk
1785, perhaps from M.E. gowen "to stare," from O.N. ga "to heed." Related: Gawked; gawking.
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