as in hulk
a big clumsy often slow-witted person
thought that the linebackers were dumb gawks until he got to know them better
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as in to stare
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
couldn't help gawking at the exotically dressed guests in the hotel lobby
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Recent Examples of gawk
Lincee Ray, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2022
With its cool look and flashy two-tone color schemes, folks will take gawk at the RAV4 Prime at the stoplight.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2021
Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 21 May 2025
Universal Pictures opened its doors to the public in 1915, offering bleacher seating so crowds could gawk at real productions.
—Catherine Baab-Muguira, Quartz, 8 May 2025
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Noun
People in the tavern gawk as Jamie interrogates his aunt, accusing her of purchasing a shop for Fergus to print propaganda.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2022
With its cool look and flashy two-tone color schemes, folks will take gawk at the RAV4 Prime at the stoplight.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2021
Verb
When battered and captured Russian tanks are lined up for display along a Kyiv street, Ukrainians gawk and prod (and punch) as if at a surreal car show.
—Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 21 May 2025
Universal Pictures opened its doors to the public in 1915, offering bleacher seating so crowds could gawk at real productions.
—Catherine Baab-Muguira, Quartz, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gawk
Noun
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But keep going, turn a corner, and the museum reveals itself: a field filled with the hulks of old airplanes and a series of hangars that hint at more treasures inside.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
5 Aug. 2025
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Remember: Without the stunning moment when the boat kisses that frozen hulk, this Best Picture winner is just another Romeo and Juliet knockoff.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
3 July 2025
Verb
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But after the initial five seconds of being off-leash and staring at Han, Swanson took his chance.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Aug. 2025
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The Bengals have a long history of keeping their eyes open in a staring contest with talent.—
Mike Kaye
August 20,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That reliable iron lump brings the 5,000-pound car to 60 mph from a standstill in about 10 seconds, not so brisk a pace as to blow off a bad hairpiece.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
15 Aug. 2025
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Neck lumps should always be checked by a doctor.16 Most lumps in adults are not cancerous.—
Karen Pallarito,
Health,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The myth is that Lady Murasaki, during a visit there after her husband died, was struck with the inspiration to write her chef d’oeuvre while gazing up at an August moon.—
Lauren Groff,
The Atlantic,
20 Aug. 2025
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As a teen, country-rocker Daniel Donato would sit on the sidewalk outside of Robert's Western World after playing gigs and gaze up at the Ryman Auditorium.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.—
Drew Broussard
May 22,
Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
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Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The immersive park officially opened to big crowds May 22 eager to see attractions built around training dragons, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Super Nintendo video games and Dracula, Frankenstein and other celluloid creeps and monsters from the movies.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 June 2025
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The White House previously said that Trump ended his friendship with Epstein, whom CNN reported attended the president's second wedding to Marla Maples, because the financier was a creep.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
Noun
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So Bull does what any sensible, testicle-loving mutt would do.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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The phrase has become shorthand for a kind of national inferiority syndrome—a sense that Brazil, despite its grand ambitions and global flair, thinks of itself as a mutt trying to hang with pedigrees.—
Shannon Sims,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
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But the Trump administration’s announcement of an 8.9 percent equity stake in chipmaker Intel is a reminder that government mostly picks losers.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Losers Legacy firms struggling to adapt: In the losers camp, meanwhile, Ives names design software firm Adobe and chipmaker Intel as some of the stocks to avoid.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Gawk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gawk. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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