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gawk

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gawk  (gôk)
n.
An awkward, loutish person; an oaf.
intr.v. gawked, gawk·ing, gawks
To stare or gape stupidly. See Synonyms at gaze.
[Perhaps alteration (influenced by gawk hand, left hand) of obsolete gaw, to gape, from Middle English gawen, from Old Norse g, to heed.]
gawker n.
gawk
Verb
to stare stupidly
Noun
a clumsy stupid person [Old Danish gaukr]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gawkgawk - an awkward stupid person
goon, lout, lubber, lummox, oaf, stumblebum, clod, lump
clumsy person - a person with poor motor coordination
Verb1.gawk - look with amazement; look stupidly
gape, gawp, goggle
look - perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!"
Translations
Spanish gawk [gɔːk] vi → mirar pasmado
German gawk [gɔːk] (inf) vi → gaffen, glotzen
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On the 1st August he sold the buggy and bought the remains of an old sulky--said he just wanted to see those green Tennesseans stare and gawk when they saw him come a-ripping along in a sulky--didn't believe they'd ever heard of a sulky in their lives.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Sandy said there would be a monument put up there, where Moses and Esau had stood, with the date and circumstances, and all about the whole business, and travellers would come for thousands of years and gawk at it, and climb over it, and scribble their names on it.
Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven by Twain, Mark View in context
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