See gawp in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Variation of gape.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "gawps",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "gawping",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "gawped",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "gawped",
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"past"
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
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"derived": [
{
"word": "gawper"
}
],
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{
"ref": "1961, John Steinbeck, Molly Morgan:",
"text": "“I have tickets for the train to New York tonight. Hurry up, Molly! Don’t stand there gawping.”",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:",
"text": "The lady looked around to see that there were hundreds of sets of eyes staring back at her. Even the screaming toddlers had momentarily stopped screaming and were gawping.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk."
],
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"links": [
[
"stare",
"stare"
],
[
"gawk",
"gawk"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly British) To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk."
],
"tags": [
"British"
]
}
],
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{
"enpr": "gôp",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡɔːp/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːp"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "gaup"
}
],
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}
{
"etymology_text": "Variation of gape.",
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"form": "gawps",
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"plural"
]
}
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"pos": "noun",
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{
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{
"_dis": "57 43",
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"langcode": "en",
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"Perception",
"Body",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
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{
"ref": "2019, The Rough Guide to South America on a Budget:",
"text": "Come in for a gawp at the sweets and pastries that run three rows deep at this rustically contemporary (or contemporarily rustic) cake shop.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A stupefied or amazed stare."
],
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"(British) A stupefied or amazed stare."
],
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"British"
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}
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"UK"
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},
{
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"tags": [
"UK"
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},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːp"
}
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "gaup"
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"derived": [
{
"word": "gawper"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Variation of gape.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "gawps",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "gawping",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "gawped",
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"participle",
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"form": "gawped",
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],
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"pos": "verb",
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{
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1961, John Steinbeck, Molly Morgan:",
"text": "“I have tickets for the train to New York tonight. Hurry up, Molly! Don’t stand there gawping.”",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:",
"text": "The lady looked around to see that there were hundreds of sets of eyes staring back at her. Even the screaming toddlers had momentarily stopped screaming and were gawping.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk."
],
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[
"stare",
"stare"
],
[
"gawk",
"gawk"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly British) To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk."
],
"tags": [
"British"
]
}
],
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{
"enpr": "gôp",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːp"
}
],
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{
"word": "gaup"
}
],
"word": "gawp"
}
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],
"etymology_text": "Variation of gape.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "gawps",
"tags": [
"plural"
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{
"ref": "2019, The Rough Guide to South America on a Budget:",
"text": "Come in for a gawp at the sweets and pastries that run three rows deep at this rustically contemporary (or contemporarily rustic) cake shop.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A stupefied or amazed stare."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(British) A stupefied or amazed stare."
],
"tags": [
"British"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "gôp",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡɔːp/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːp"
}
],
"synonyms": [
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}
],
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}
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