gawk

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From a variant of gowk, from Middle English gowke, goke, from Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”). Cognate with Danish gøg, Swedish gök, German Gauch, Old English ġēac.

Compare also French gauche, and English gawky and gallock.

Noun

gawk (plural gawks)

  1. A cuckoo.
  2. A fool; a simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person.
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Etymology 2

Perhaps from English dialectal gaw (“to stare; gawk”) +‎ -k, as in talk, stalk, etc., ultimately from Old Norse gá (“to heed”).

Verb

gawk (third-person singular simple present gawks, present participle gawking, simple past and past participle gawked)

  1. To stare or gape stupidly.
  2. To stare conspicuously.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stare
  3. (colloquial, vulgar) To suck.
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References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gawk”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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