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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            
clumsy person - a person with poor motor coordination
Verb1.gawk - look with amazement; look stupidly
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

gawk [gɔːk] vimirar pasmado
gawk [gɔːk] (inf) vigaffen, glotzen


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Across the Valley, he was greeted and gawked at by well-wishers.
Gawked at, taunted, and abused by hundreds of thousands of "civilized" Englishmen and women, in 1814 she was taken to France for further exhibition.
Print journalists queued up to speak with Johnson as he sat before a large square fountain as others, cradling wine glasses and highballs, gawked from the elevated cocktail patio across the room.
 
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