gawps

present tense third-person singular of gawp, chiefly British

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gawps
Verb
  • In the picture, Duggar holds her son, who wears a gray onesie and stares into the camera.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Thus, Botticelli’s Jesus, who stares at the fruit in deep thought, perhaps prophesies his own death and return, as opposed to the child in the Dreyfus Madonna, who proudly shows the unity of his church to his mother.
    Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Charles gets boxed in by the camera, which gazes up at Anniston with near reverence.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Four of the men look at the camera, one gazes at the distant beach, another scratches his head, and the last, the uber-famous Frank Gehry, studies the sand at his feet.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Gawps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gawps. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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