Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To stare or gape stupidly. synonym: gaze.
- noun An awkward or clumsy person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cuckoo. [Scotch and North. Eng.] — 2. A stupid, awkward fellow; a fool; a simpleton; a booby. Also
gawky . - Foolish.
- To act like a gawk; go about awkwardly; look like a fool.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A cuckoo.
- noun A simpleton; a booby; a gawky.
- intransitive verb To act like a gawky.
- intransitive verb To stare with empty-minded fascination; to stare stupidly; to gape; -- usually used with at.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
cuckoo - noun a
fool - noun a
simpleton , stupid or clumsy person. - verb To
stare orgape stupidly - verb To
stare conspicuously .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an awkward stupid person
- verb look with amazement; look stupidly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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3 - Leaves draw tourists by the droves to come up and gawk, which is never a fun thing because they drive really slowly on the back roads - always frustrating when you're in a hurry somewhere.
Autumn in Vermont Andrew 2007
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3 - Leaves draw tourists by the droves to come up and gawk, which is never a fun thing because they drive really slowly on the back roads - always frustrating when you're in a hurry somewhere.
Archive 2007-10-01 Andrew 2007
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The human body is miraculous and beautiful, but I don't think I want to -- for want of a better word -- "gawk" at skinned, butchered, and posed corpses.
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This blog post is actually a specific request to please never "gawk" at me from a distance.
Planet Ubuntu 2008
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We're talking mostly about conditions experienced by people who do not likely read this book or gawk at its pictures.
Todd Reisz: Making Sense of the City Todd Reisz 2011
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I gawk and converse with other folks on twitter doing the same.
Of Shoes And Ships And Sealing Wax And Hoarding Stuff And Things | Her Bad Mother 2009
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We're talking mostly about conditions experienced by people who do not likely read this book or gawk at its pictures.
Todd Reisz: Making Sense of the City Todd Reisz 2011
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Much like we watched Jon and Kate fall apart and continued to gawk, and the latest issues with Tiger Woods.
Of Shoes And Ships And Sealing Wax And Hoarding Stuff And Things | Her Bad Mother 2009
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We're talking mostly about conditions experienced by people who do not likely read this book or gawk at its pictures.
Todd Reisz: Making Sense of the City Todd Reisz 2011
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We're talking mostly about conditions experienced by people who do not likely read this book or gawk at its pictures.
Todd Reisz: Making Sense of the City Todd Reisz 2011
yarb commented on the word gawk
Ebenezer and the farmer, gawking up, saw the tree descending on them and they were petrified with terror. Both realized they would rather not die at this particular time.
- William Steig, Farmer Palmer's Wagon Ride
September 29, 2008