gawk
noun
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verb
- to look or stare (often stupidly)
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɡɔːk/ / /ɡɑk/
noun
Etymology: Perhaps from English dialectal gaw (“to stare; gawk”) + -k, as in talk, stalk, etc., ultimately from Old Norse gá (“to heed”).
- A conspicuous or stupid stare or gape; an instance of gawking.
“... the gawks and gapes of townsfolk as stares of admiration.”
“... the gawks and gapes of those who'd expected him to be long dead,[…]”
verb
Etymology: Perhaps from English dialectal gaw (“to stare; gawk”) + -k, as in talk, stalk, etc., ultimately from Old Norse gá (“to heed”).
- To stare or gape stupidly.
- To stare conspicuously.
- To suck.