"gawk" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɔːk/, /ɡɑk/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gawk.wav 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: {{inh|en|enm|gowke}} Middle English gowke, {{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 Head templates: {{en-noun}} gawk (plural gawks)
  1. A cuckoo.
    Sense id: en-gawk-en-noun-8EPFyKvX Categories (other): Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50
  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), nemotora [masculine] (Czech), nemehlo [neuter] (Czech), 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 Categories (other): Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50 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

IPA: /ɡɔːk/, /ɡɑk/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gawk.wav 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. Translations (to stare or gape stupidly): зяпам (zjapam) (Bulgarian), гледам глупаво (gledam glupavo) (Bulgarian), čučet (Czech), čumět (Czech), brejlit [imperfective] (Czech), civět [imperfective] (Czech), glane (Danish), glo (Danish), måbe (Danish), töllistellä (Finnish), badauder (French), bayer aux corneilles (French), béer (French), მიშტერება (mišṭereba) (Georgian), მიჩერება (mičereba) (Georgian), blöde glotzen (German), 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 'to stare or gape stupidly': 84 16 0
  2. To stare conspicuously. Categories (lifeform): Cuckoos Synonyms: stare Translations (to stare conspicuously): civět [imperfective] (Czech), 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: 31 2 17 46 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -k, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 5 9 79 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -k: 4 4 14 66 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 3 9 78 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 3 10 77 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 7 83 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 8 11 70 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 3 27 9 55 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 2 4 5 85 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 7 8 74 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 2 2 13 71 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 3 28 7 56 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 5 9 76 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 4 8 9 72 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 4 7 13 66 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 3 9 76 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 3 28 7 56 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 3 28 7 56 5 Disambiguation of 'to stare conspicuously': 13 87 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": "da",
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          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "glane"
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        {
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "glo"
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "måbe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "töllistellä"
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "badauder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "bayer aux corneilles"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "béer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mišṭereba",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "მიშტერება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mičereba",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "მიჩერება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "blöde glotzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "titiro māhoi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "titiro mākutu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "titiro whakatau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "gapić się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "taráščitʹsja",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "тара́щиться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pjálitʹsja",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "пя́литься"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "smotrétʹ s glúpym vídom",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "смотре́ть с глу́пым ви́дом"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "blenuti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "buljiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "čumieť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 16 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to stare or gape stupidly",
          "word": "očumovať"
        }
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to stare conspicuously",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "civět"
    },
    {
      "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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