2. A simpleton; a booby; a gawky. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
gawk — gawk·ham·mer; gawk·i·ly; gawk·i·ness; gawk·ish; gawk; gawk·ish·ly; gawk·ish·ness; … English syllables
gawk´i|ly — gawk|y «G kee», adjective, gawk|i|er, gawk|i|est, noun, plural gawk|ies. –adj. awkward; clumsy: »A lanky, gawky fellow…tumbles over … Useful english dictionary
gawk|y — «G kee», adjective, gawk|i|er, gawk|i|est, noun, plural gawk|ies. –adj. awkward; clumsy: »A lanky, gawky fellow…tumbles over … Useful english dictionary
gawk — [go:k US go:k] v [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from gawk [i] left, left handed (18 19 centuries)] informal to look at something for a long time, in a way that looks stupid = ↑stare gawk at ▪ Don t just stand there gawking at those girls! … Dictionary of contemporary English
Gawk — Gawk, v. i. 1. To act like a gawky. [1913 Webster] 2. To stare with empty minded fascination; to stare stupidly; to gape; usually used with at. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gawk — /gawk/, v.i. 1. to stare stupidly; gape: The onlookers gawked at arriving celebrities. n. 2. an awkward, foolish person. [1775 85; appar. repr. OE word meaning fool, equiv. to ga(gol) foolish + oc OCK; used attributively in gawk hand, gallock… … Universalium
gawk — [ gɔk ] verb intransitive INFORMAL to look at someone or something for a long time in a rude or stupid way: gawk at: What are you gawking at? … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
gawk — (v.) 1785, Amer.Eng., perhaps from gaw, a survival from M.E. gowen to stare (c.1200), from a Scandinavian source akin to O.N. ga to heed, from P.Gmc. *gawon , from PIE *ghow e to honor, revere, worship (see FAVOR (Cf. favor) (n.)); and altered… … Etymology dictionary
gawk — [gôk] n. [prob. var. of GOWK] a clumsy, stupid fellow; simpleton vi. to stare stupidly, like a gawk gawkish adj … English World dictionary
gawk´er — gawk «gk», verb, noun. –v.i. to stare idly, rudely, or stupidly: »Foreign tourists…normally spend freely while gawking at the pyramids (Wall Street Journal). –n. an awkward person; clumsy fool. ╂[perhaps < obsolete gaw stare] –gawk´er, noun … Useful english dictionary
