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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
gawk·y       [gaw-kee] Pronunciation Key
–adjective, gawk·i·er, gawk·i·est.
awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
Also, gawk·ish       [gaw-kish] Pronunciation Key.


[Origin: 1715–25; gawk + -y1]

gawk·i·ly, gawk·ish·ly, adverb
gawk·i·ness, gawk·ish·ness, noun
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
gawk·y       (gô'kē)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   gawk·i·er, gawk·i·est
Awkward; ungainly.

gawk'i·ly adv.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
gawky 
"awkward, ungainly," 1724, from gawk hand "left hand" (1703), perhaps a contraction of gaulick, thus "gaulish hand," derogatory slang that could have originated during some period of strained Anglo-Fr. relations.

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gawky

adjective
lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair" 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Gawky

Gawk"y\, a. [Compar. Gawkier; superl. Gawkiest.] Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk.

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