Gawk
Contents
English
Noun
Gawk (plural Gawks)- a cuckoo
Noun
Gawk (plural Gawks)- a simpleton, stupid or clumsy person.
Verb
Gawk (third-person singular simple present Gawks, present participle Gawking, simple past and past participle Gawked)
- To stare or gape stupidly
- To stare conspicuously.
Thesaurus
ass, be amazed, be astonished, be curious, blockhead, blunderer, blunderhead, boor, bore, botcher, bumbler, bumpkin, bungler, burn with curiosity, churl, clod, clodhopper, clodknocker, clot, clown, crane, crane the neck, dig around for, dig up, dolt, dunderhead, dunderpate, eye, fool, fumbler, galoot, gape, gaup, gawky, gaze, gaze open-mouthed, glare, gloat, goggle, gowk, hayseed, hick, ignoramus, inquire, interrogate, klutz, lobster, looby, look, lout, lubber, lug, lummox, lump, marvel, ninny, nose around for, nose out, oaf, ogle, ox, palooka, peer, query, question, quiz, rubber, rubberneck, rube, seek, simpleton, slouch, slubberer, stand aghast, stand on tiptoe, stare, stare at, stare down, stare hard, stare openmouthed, want to know, wonder, yokel
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔːk
Etymology 1
From Old English[1], akin to Old Norse gaukr (cuckoo) (Danish gøg, Swedish gök) and Old High German gouh (German Gauch).
Etymology 2
A Middle-Appalachian Americanism, since late 1800s, possibly misconstruing French "gauche," and leading to use of adj gawky for a person or process that is uncoordinated or awkward.
Etymology 3
Perhaps from Old Norse gá (“to heed”)[2].
