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Examples of gawp in a Sentence
tourists in London gawping at royalty
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Residents peer from their balconies, filming a club of gawping journalists stationed outside.
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Her exploitation is laid bare when a tour guide arrives at the witch camp with gawping holidaymakers in tow.
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Less hands-on museum-goers can gawp at sprawling, fantastical jungles and cities created by amateur Lego virtuosos all over the world and rebuilt here at the mothership.
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Origin and Etymology of gawp
English dialect gawp to yawn, gape, from obsolete galp, from Middle English
gawp Synonyms
Synonyms
blink, gawk, gape [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)GAWP Defined for English Language Learners
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