Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Related Searches
April fools day
Nearby Words
governorgeneral
governorgeneral...
governors counc...
governors gener...
governors islan...
governors-counc...
governorship
govert flinck
govind singh
govt
govt.
gow
gowan
gowany
gowden
gowdie
gowdnook
gowen cypress
gower champion
gowers's tract
gowk
gowl
gown
gownsman
gownsmen
gowon
gowon, yakubu
gox
goy
goya
goya y luciente...
goya, francisco
goyathlay
goyathlay geron...
goyen
goyim
goyish
goytisolo, juan
gozan
gozzard
gozzi, carlo, c...
gowk
[
gouk
,
gohk
]
gowk
/
gaʊk
,
goʊk
/
Show Spelled
[
gouk
,
gohk
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
British
Dialect
.
cuckoo.
2.
a fool or simpleton.
Origin:
1275–1325;
Middle English
goke
<
Old Norse
gaukr;
cognate with
Old English
gēac,
German
Gauch
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
gowk
:10
:09
:08
:07
:06
:05
:04
:03
:02
:01
Gowk
is always a great word to know.
So is
doohickey
. Does it mean:
So is
quincunx
. Does it mean:
So is
slumgullion
. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Collins
World English Dictionary
gowk
(ɡaʊk)
—
n
1.
a stupid person; fool
2.
a cuckoo
[from Old Norse
gaukr
cuckoo; related to Old High German
gouh
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Searching for
gowk
?
How many words do you actually know?
FIND OUT
Quote Of The Day
"Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done."
-James Fenton
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT
How many words do you know?
FIND OUT