"gawk" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡɔːk/, /ɡɑk/ [Canada, cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gawk.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gawks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːk Etymology: From a variant of gowk, from Middle English gowke, goke, from Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”). Cognate with Danish gøg, Swedish gök, German Gauch, Old English ġēac. Compare also French gauche, and English gawky and gallock. Etymology templates: {{m|en|gowk}} gowk, {{inh|en|enm|gowke}} Middle English gowke, {{m|enm|goke}} goke, {{der|en|non|gaukr||cuckoo}} Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*gaukaz||cuckoo}} Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”), {{cog|da|gøg}} Danish gøg, {{cog|sv|gök}} Swedish gök, {{cog|de|Gauch}} German Gauch, {{cog|ang|ġēac}} Old English ġēac, {{cog|fr|gauche}} French gauche, {{cog|en|gawky}} English gawky, {{m|en|gallock}} gallock Head templates: {{en-noun}} gawk (plural gawks)
  1. A cuckoo. Categories (lifeform): Cuckoos
    Sense id: en-gawk-en-noun-8EPFyKvX Disambiguation of Cuckoos: 34 2 19 41 5
  2. A fool; a simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person. Categories (topical): People Translations (stupid or clumsy person): глупак (glupak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), дръвник (drǎvnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tumpelo (Finnish), toljake (Finnish), trosma [feminine, masculine] (Galician), ლენჩი (lenči) (Georgian), რეგვენი (regveni) (Georgian), gamoń [masculine] (Polish), раззява (razzjava) [masculine] (Russian), mentecato [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-gawk-en-noun-ou7cOEjB Disambiguation of People: 0 95 0 5 0 Disambiguation of 'stupid or clumsy person': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gawk-handed, gawkish, gawkling, gawksome, gawky
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɡɔːk/, /ɡɑk/ [Canada, cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gawk.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gawks [present, singular, third-person], gawking [participle, present], gawked [participle, past], gawked [past]
Rhymes: -ɔːk Etymology: Perhaps from English dialectal gaw (“to stare; gawk”) + -k, as in talk, stalk, etc., ultimately from Old Norse gá (“to heed”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gaw|k|t1=to stare; gawk}} gaw (“to stare; gawk”) + -k, {{der|en|non|gá||to heed}} Old Norse gá (“to heed”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} gawk (third-person singular simple present gawks, present participle gawking, simple past and past participle gawked)
  1. To stare or gape stupidly. Categories (lifeform): Cuckoos Translations (to stare or gape stupidly): зяпам (zjapam) (Bulgarian), гледам глупаво (gledam glupavo) (Bulgarian), čučet (Czech), čumět (Czech), glane (Danish), glo (Danish), måbe (Danish), töllistellä (Finnish), badauder (French), bayer aux corneilles (French), béer (French), მიშტერება (mišṭereba) (Georgian), მიჩერება (mičereba) (Georgian), titiro māhoi (Maori), titiro mākutu (Maori), titiro whakatau (Maori), gapić się (Polish), тара́щиться (taráščitʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), пя́литься (pjálitʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), смотре́ть с глу́пым ви́дом (smotrétʹ s glúpym vídom) [imperfective] (Russian), blenuti (Serbo-Croatian), buljiti (Serbo-Croatian), čumieť (Slovak), očumovať (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-gawk-en-verb-CIr-33-r Disambiguation of Cuckoos: 34 2 19 41 5 Disambiguation of 'to stare or gape stupidly': 84 16 0
  2. To stare conspicuously. Categories (lifeform): Cuckoos Synonyms: stare Translations (to stare conspicuously): töllöttää (Finnish), toljottaa (Finnish), მიშტერება (mišṭereba) (Georgian), მიჩერება (mičereba) (Georgian), buljiti (Serbo-Croatian), zuriti (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-gawk-en-verb-THiwKGx6 Disambiguation of Cuckoos: 34 2 19 41 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -k Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 6 10 77 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 6 15 71 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -k: 4 4 16 62 13 Disambiguation of 'to stare conspicuously': 14 86 0
  3. (colloquial, vulgar) To suck. Tags: colloquial, vulgar
    Sense id: en-gawk-en-verb-YVfWOtfr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gawker, mopery with intent to gawk
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "badauder"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "word": "bayer aux corneilles"
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          "word": "béer"
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          "roman": "mišṭereba",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
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          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "მიჩერება"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "titiro māhoi"
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          "roman": "taráščitʹsja",
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          "roman": "pjálitʹsja",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
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          "roman": "smotrétʹ s glúpym vídom",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
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          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
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          "_dis1": "14 86 0",
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          "sense": "to stare conspicuously",
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          "_dis1": "14 86 0",
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        "(colloquial, vulgar) To suck."
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      "ipa": "/ɡɔːk/"
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      "ipa": "/ɡɑk/",
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        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
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      "roman": "glupak",
      "sense": "stupid or clumsy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "drǎvnik",
      "sense": "stupid or clumsy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дръвник"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "stupid or clumsy person",
      "word": "tumpelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "stupid or clumsy person",
      "word": "toljake"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "stupid or clumsy person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trosma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "lenči",
      "sense": "stupid or clumsy person",
      "word": "ლენჩი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "regveni",
      "sense": "stupid or clumsy person",
      "word": "რეგვენი"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "stupid or clumsy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gamoń"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razzjava",
      "sense": "stupid or clumsy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "раззява"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stupid or clumsy person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mentecato"
    }
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}

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      "word": "gawker"
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      "word": "mopery with intent to gawk"
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        "(colloquial, vulgar) To suck."
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      "ipa": "/ɡɔːk/"
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      "ipa": "/ɡɑk/",
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      "rhymes": "-ɔːk"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "zjapam",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "зяпам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gledam glupavo",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "гледам глупаво"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "čučet"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "čumět"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "glane"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "glo"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "måbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "töllistellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "badauder"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "bayer aux corneilles"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "béer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mišṭereba",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "მიშტერება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mičereba",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "მიჩერება"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "titiro māhoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "titiro mākutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "titiro whakatau"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "gapić się"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "taráščitʹsja",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "тара́щиться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pjálitʹsja",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пя́литься"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smotrétʹ s glúpym vídom",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "смотре́ть с глу́пым ви́дом"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "blenuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "buljiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "čumieť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
      "word": "očumovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stare conspicuously",
      "word": "töllöttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stare conspicuously",
      "word": "toljottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mišṭereba",
      "sense": "to stare conspicuously",
      "word": "მიშტერება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mičereba",
      "sense": "to stare conspicuously",
      "word": "მიჩერება"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to stare conspicuously",
      "word": "buljiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to stare conspicuously",
      "word": "zuriti"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gawk"
}

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