gaw

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English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɔː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɔ/, (cot–caught merger) /ɡɑ/
Rhymes: -ɔː

Etymology 1

From Middle English gowen (“to stare”), from Old Norse gá.

Verb

gaw (third-person singular simple present gaws, present participle gawing, simple past and past participle gawed)

(obsolete) To gape or stare.

Derived terms

gawk

Translations

to stare

Czech: zírat (cs) impf, koukat (cs) impf

Etymology 2

Minced oath for God.

Interjection

gaw

An expletive expressing disbelief, disdain, or horror
- 1907, H G Wells, “On Goat Island”, in The War in the Air: , London: George Bell and Sons, published 1908, →OCLC:
  "Gaw!" he whispered, "I don' like dead bodies some'ow! I'd almost rather that chap was alive."

Synonyms

(expressing disbelief): fiddlesticks, get out of town, pull the other one; see also Thesaurus:bullshit
(expressing horror or shock): gorblimey, Jeebus, Jiminy Cricket, 'sblood; see also Thesaurus:wow
(expressing disdain): feh, pfaugh, pshaw, pooh; see also Thesaurus:bah

Translations

expressing disbelief

French: nom d'un chien (fr), parbleu (fr), sacrebleu (fr)

Anagrams

AGW, AWG, GWA, WAG, WGA, wag

Cebuano

Etymology

Noun

gaw

an address to a cousin

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch gauw (“quickly”).

Adjective

gaw

quick, fast

Derived terms

gawgaw

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