gawk
verb/ɡɔːk/
/ɡɔːk/
[intransitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they gawk | /ɡɔːk/ /ɡɔːk/ |
| he / she / it gawks | /ɡɔːks/ /ɡɔːks/ |
| past simple gawked | /ɡɔːkt/ /ɡɔːkt/ |
| past participle gawked | /ɡɔːkt/ /ɡɔːkt/ |
| -ing form gawking | /ˈɡɔːkɪŋ/ /ˈɡɔːkɪŋ/ |
- gawk (at somebody/something) to stare at somebody/something in a rude or stupid way synonym gape
- Stop gawking like that!
- The old station master gawked in surprise as they pushed past him.
Word Originlate 17th cent. (as a noun): perhaps related to obsolete gaw ‘to gaze’, from Old Norse gá ‘heed’.Want to learn more?
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