Definition of gawk
:a clumsy stupid person :lout
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Examples of gawk in a Sentence
thought that the linebackers were dumb gawks until he got to know them better
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The park offers few amenities: no restaurants, no shade and nothing much to do except gawk at deserted arenas.
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The park offers few amenities: no restaurants, no shade and nothing much to do except gawk at deserted arenas.
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Pin them, screenshot them, or just plain gawk at them—
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Gawk at 30 million dollars up close, redesign the nation’s currency, check out historical currency and more.
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His popular podcast pries the most awkward, high-stakes stories from guests in an attempt to entertain and (let’s be honest) gawk at the glorious trainwrecks.
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Every time Mr. DiMola opens his garage doors, passers-by gawk at the explosion of artifacts in his shop.
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All over town, city leaders and the curious ran out moments after the tornado to assess damage or just gawk.
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Origin and Etymology of gawk
probably from English dialect gawk left-handed
gawk Synonyms
Synonyms
clod, clodhopper, oaf, hulk, lout, lubber, lug, lump, Neanderthal, palookaRelated Words
chump, loser, schlemiel (also shlemiel), turkey; slouch; airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, blunderer, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, clodpoll (or clodpole), clot [British], cluck, clunk, cuddy (or cuddie) [British dialect], deadhead, dim bulb [slang], dimwit, dip, dodo, dolt, donkey, doofus [slang], dope, dork [slang], dullard, dumbbell, dumbhead, dum-dum, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, galoot [slang], gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jackass, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loggerhead [chiefly dialect], loon, lump, lunkhead, meathead, mome [archaic], moron, mug [chiefly British], mutt, natural, nimrod [slang], nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull (or numbskull), pinhead, prat [British], ratbag [chiefly Australian], saphead, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schnook [slang], simp, simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yahoo, yo-yo; anthropoid, ape, beast, boor, brute, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, louse, skunk, snake, stinker, tyke (also tike) [chiefly British], villain; booby, fool, goose, loony (also looney), lunatic, madman, nut; featherbrain, scatterbrain; rascal, rogue, scampNear Antonyms
brain, brainiac, egghead, genius, intellectual, sage, thinker, whiz, wizardDefinition of gawk
intransitive verb
:to gape or stare stupidly
- gawked at the fish in the aquarium
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gawker
nounExamples of gawk in a Sentence
a crowd of gawking tourists
couldn't help gawking at the exotically dressed guests in the hotel lobby
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And goodness, for once people weren’t gawking at Donald Trump and Washington company, waiting for the next person to quit or be fired or bullied into submission (his tweeting strategy to get the Senate to cooperate with his will?).
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Their new Brazilian neighbors gawk from behind their gates.
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Otium Bunker Hill, $$$ If ever there was a restaurant that invites gawking, Otium is it.
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Today, people walking or biking along Fourth Street just north of Churchill Downs often stop to gawk at the dozen colorful macaws scattered about the lot.
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Though the park is spread across 1,169 square miles (or 748,436 acres, of which 94.4 percent is designated wilderness), most visitors cram into compact Yosemite Valley to gawk at its famed 8-mile corridor of nonstop scenic marvels.
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Since May 28, every one of the Angels’ regulars—with the notable exception of Albert Pujols, the only one of them besides Trout at whom astronomers have ever gawked—has boosted his OPS.
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Say the wrong thing at the wrong time and you will be unmasked, publicly, for the world to gawk at.
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The national parks of southern Utah get millions of visitors every year to gawk at thousands of natural arches.
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Origin and Etymology of gawk
perhaps alteration of obsolete gaw to stare
gawk Synonyms
Synonyms
blink, gape, gawp [chiefly British], gaze, goggle, peer, rubberneck, stareRelated Words
glare, gloat, glower; consider, eye, fixate, observe, regard, watch; leer, ogle; peruse, pore (over), study; outface, outstare, stare downNear Antonyms
glance, glimpse, peek, peep; browse, dip (into), scan; wink (at)GAWK Defined for English Language Learners
gawk
verb
Definition of gawk for English Language Learners
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: to stare at someone or something in a rude or stupid way
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