gawp

verb

ˈgȯp How to pronounce gawp (audio)
ˈgäp
gawped; gawping; gawps

intransitive verb

chiefly British
: gawk
gawper
ˈgȯ-pər How to pronounce gawp (audio)
ˈgä-
noun

Examples of gawp in a Sentence

tourists in London gawping at royalty
Recent Examples on the Web As the men gawp on lustily and take locks of hair as a souvenir, a tear falls from Teixeira’s defiant mask. Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024 Locals of all ages throng the lakefront, gawping at the spectacle of it all. Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2024 Twin columns once housed in trousers or board shorts have undergone miniskirt-ification, now daring you not to gawp as men’s hemlines rise and rise. Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 June 2024 Troy Iwata found a guy who stans Joe Biden and just gawped at him in wide-eyed disbelief. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 May 2024 Although the moon’s shadow will arrive like clockwork and bring eerie darkness on schedule, to gawp at the sun’s corona requires a clear sky. Jamie Carter, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 Like the passengers gawping at the flames, the reader cannot look away. Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023 Indeed, when William came to Marlborough for interschool events, Kate was more interested in playing hockey than waiting at the goal line on the hockey field above Wedgewood, where some of the girls congregated to gawp at the prince. Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 23 Feb. 2019 Viewership of pricey cable channels is in structural decline, as people spend more time on services like Netflix (or gawping at their phones). The Economist, 18 Jan. 2018

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Word History

Etymology

English dialect gawp to yawn, gape, from obsolete galp, from Middle English

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gawp was in 1855

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Cite this Entry

“Gawp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gawp. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.

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