gawps

verb

present tense third-person singular of gawp, chiefly British
as in stares
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise tourists in London gawping at royalty

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gawps
  1. stares
  2. gazes
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  • Which is why her character flicks through YouTube plastic surgery videos and stares at older women on the bus, comparing her wrinkles and checking her neck for any signs of sagging.
    — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Taped to the glass divider of Ryan McMahon’s locker, a drawing of Trent Grisham stares at the Yankees’ clubhouse.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of stares
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  • Yan gazes intently at how the colors reflect against Pascoal’s skin, eyes and hair.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • It’s presented as an impressionistic historical montage, of Black farmworkers and the land, with clips of Black history that include modern suburbs, and a woman—Z herself—who gazes out of a door into a sere expanse of land bordered by low mountains.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of gazes
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