Noun
thought that the linebackers were dumb gawks until he got to know them better Verb
a crowd of gawking tourists
couldn't help gawking at the exotically dressed guests in the hotel lobby
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Noun
The Esprit's shape, arguably more avant-garde despite its age, consistently pegs the gawk meter.—John Phillips, Car and Driver, 18 June 2020 The badaud, by contrast, is always liable to form a group or crowd, either for a mass gawk or some communal response.—Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2022
Verb
So the Pier 39 staff decided to build the wood floats, and an overlook for gawking tourists.—Heather Knight Ian C. Bates, New York Times, 30 May 2024 When the couple began pulling this trailer with their Dodge, the setup continued to draw considerable attention on the road—and Byam, ever the entrepreneur, saw an opportunity amid all that gawking.—Steven Melendez, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for gawk
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