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gawp
UK /ɡɔːp/ US /ɡɔp/
verb 1noun 1
Collocations
2GAWP + NOUN
others, sweets
PREP.
in
Definitions
verb
1
To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk.
“I have tickets for the train to New York tonight. Hurry up, Molly! Don’t stand there gawping.”
The lady looked around to see that there were hundreds of sets of eyes staring back at her. Even the screaming toddlers had momentarily stopped screaming and were gawping.
noun
1
A stupefied or amazed stare.
Come in for a gawp at the sweets and pastries that run three rows deep at this rustically contemporary (or contemporarily rustic) cake shop.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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“I have tickets for the train to New York tonight. Hurry up, Molly! Don’t stand there gawping.”
Wiktionary02
The lady looked around to see that there were hundreds of sets of eyes staring back at her. Even the screaming toddlers had momentarily stopped screaming and were gawping.
Wiktionary03
Come in for a gawp at the sweets and pastries that run three rows deep at this rustically contemporary (or contemporarily rustic) cake shop.
Wiktionary04
One should not gawp at others, it is rude
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