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  • verb UK Simple past tense and past participle of gawp.

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Examples

  • When I had jaundice, they all came and gawped at me.

    Pam Ayres: My family values 2011

  • Lesley didn't bat an eyelid, but I gawped, until a lady asked for money, then I shot off.

    Family life 2012

  • So when the young hotel receptionist welcomed us and wished us a “pleasant and memorable stay,” I gawped at every precise word that came out of her beautiful mouth.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • This, of course, to anyone who has gawped at the pyramids of Giza or wandered slack-jawed around the temple of Karnak, cannot help but feel frustrating.

    The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson; Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley; and Egyptian Dawn by Robert Temple Tom Holland 2010

  • I also loved the Grewal clan, British Indians from west London, bickering and eating bhajis while we sat at home and gawped.

    Strictly Kosher: Grace Dent's TV OD 2011

  • So when the young hotel receptionist welcomed us and wished us a “pleasant and memorable stay,” I gawped at every precise word that came out of her beautiful mouth.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • So when the young hotel receptionist welcomed us and wished us a “pleasant and memorable stay,” I gawped at every precise word that came out of her beautiful mouth.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • The six million who gawped at Mr Griffin on Question Time three months ago were looking at the wrong person.

    A golden age for fascism 2010

  • The novel ends, seemingly on a high, with Theodora walking out with the emperor Justinian, her new husband, to greet the very crowds who had once cheered and gawped at her floor-shows.

    Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore by Stella Duffy 2010

  • The six million who gawped at Mr Griffin on Question Time three months ago were looking at the wrong person.

    A golden age for fascism 2010

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