Synonyms for gawk

Grammar : Verb

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Phonetic Transcription : gɔk

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Définition of gawk

Origin : 1785, American English, perhaps from gaw, a survival from Middle English gowen "to stare" (c.1200), from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse ga "to heed," from Proto-Germanic *gawon-, from PIE *ghow-e- "to honor, revere, worship" (see favor (n.)); and altered perhaps by gawk hand (see gawky). Liberman writes that it "need not have been derived from gowk. It is possibly another independent imitative formation with the structure g-k. Related: Gawked; gawking.

verb stare at in amazement

Example sentences :

Bridget may have been a gawk, but she did two things which were not gawkish.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

And as for that maypole of a daughter, she's nothing but a gawk.
Extract from : « The Making of a Soul » by Kathlyn Rhodes

In the library and parlor, he confesses he is as a gawk or one dumb.
Extract from : « Whitman » by John Burroughs

It made me laugh to see the gawk skulking along in the rear.
Extract from : « An Artist in Crime » by Rodrigues Ottolengui

"Lave it to me," said a rough voice, and Billy the Gawk stepped out.
Extract from : « The Deemster » by Hall Caine

Billy the Gawk was not alone in thinking that he could outwit the Bishop.
Extract from : « The Deemster » by Hall Caine

In particular did the "gawk" and the "thief" work hard at their tasks.
Extract from : « Dead Souls » by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

He is not such a dunce as poor Sam, and is not such a gawk as Bott.
Extract from : « The Bread-winners » by John Hay

And as Billy the Gawk drank his drop of the real stuff he laughed very loud and boasted that he could outwit the Bishop.
Extract from : « The Deemster » by Hall Caine

He hailed Billy the Gawk, too, the hoary old dog turned penitent in his latter days.
Extract from : « The Deemster » by Hall Caine

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