gawk

The definition of gawk is to gape or stare at something, often openly and in a way that makes you look silly.

(verb)

When you sit with your mouth open staring at a spectacle and looking silly, this is an example of a time when you gawk at the spectacle.

See gawk in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a clumsy, stupid fellow; simpleton

Origin: prob. var. of gowk

intransitive verb

to stare stupidly, like a gawk

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See gawk in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An awkward, loutish person; an oaf.

intransitive verb gawked, gawk·ing, gawks

To stare or gape stupidly. See Synonyms at gaze.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps alteration (influenced by gawk hand, left hand)

Origin: of obsolete gaw, to gape

Origin: , from Middle English gawen

Origin: , from Old Norse gā, to heed

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