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Definitions for gawk
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Princeton's WordNet
lout, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump, gawkverb
an awkward stupid person
goggle, gape, gawp, gawkverb
look with amazement; look stupidly
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Gawkverb
To stare with empty-minded fascination; to stare stupidly; to gape; -- usually used with at.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Gawknoun
Etymology: geac, Saxon.
ChatGPT
gawk
Gawk is a verb that refers to the act of staring openly and rudely at someone or something, typically out of surprise or curiosity. It can also refer to a command-line utility for text processing and pattern scanning developed for Unix operating systems.
Webster Dictionary
Gawknoun
a cuckoo
Gawknoun
a simpleton; a booby; a gawky
Gawkverb
to act like a gawky
Etymology: [OE. gok, gowk, cuckoo, fool, Icel. gaukr cuckoo; akin to OHG. gouh, G. gauch cuckoo, fool, AS. gac cuckoo, Sw. gk, Dan. gig]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Gawk
gawk, adj. left, as in gawk-handed.—ns. Gawk′ihood, Gawk′iness, quality of being gawky.—adj. Gawk′y, awkward, stupid, ungainly.—n. a lout. [Prob. a contr. of gaulick-, galloc-, gallish-(handed); most prob. not related to Fr. gauche.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gawk in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gawk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of gawk in a Sentence
We can read a description of the events. We live in a violent culture, and serving around these clips as entertainment only really makes us more violent. I don’t think the solution is ‘let’s all watch and gawk and stoke our outrage.’ We are outraged enough already without the added trauma of searing these images into our minds, you have to think about the toll that this takes on your humanity.
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