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gawk
UK /ɡɔːk/ US /ɡɔːk/
noun 3verb 3
Definitions
noun
1
A cuckoo; (sometimes by extension) any gawky bird.
His morning prey he craveth; So crowed the gawk of carrion⁶ […] (6) Gawk of carrion = [kenning for] raven.
Some sneakingly fly watching, as the hawk; Or, as a Cuckoo, grow to limb as a gawk.
2
A fool; a simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person.
A Duke of Weissenfels, for instance; foolish old gawk, whom Wilhehnina Princess Royal recollects for his distracted notions, — which were well shaken out of him by Wilhelmina's Brother afterwards.
verb
1
To stare or gape stupidly.
2
To stare conspicuously.
3
To suck.
noun
1
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,[…]
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