"gowk" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡaʊk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gowk.wav Forms: gowks [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊk Etymology: From Middle English goke, gowke, from Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰegʰuǵʰ- (“cuckoo”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|goke}} Middle English goke, {{der|en|non|gaukr|t=cuckoo}} Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*gaukaz|t=cuckoo}} Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰegʰuǵʰ-|t=cuckoo}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰegʰuǵʰ- (“cuckoo”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gowk (plural gowks)
  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A cuckoo. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland Categories (lifeform): Cuckoos
    Sense id: en-gowk-en-noun-8EPFyKvX Disambiguation of Cuckoos: 37 1 39 7 3 3 1 4 5 Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English
  2. A fool.
    Sense id: en-gowk-en-noun-rTstm6Q2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: glimmer-gowk, hunt the gowk
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɡaʊk/, [ˈɡæʊ̯ˀk] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gowk.wav Forms: gowks [plural]
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Likely from Middle English coke, colk (“the core or heart of an apple or onion, pith”), from Old English *colc (“the gullet, esophagus; pit of the stomach; trench, pit, gully”), from Proto-West Germanic *kolk, from Proto-Germanic *kulkaz, *kulukaz (“gullet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“to devour, swallow, gulp; throat, gullet”). Possibly a doublet of coke. Etymology templates: {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{inh|en|enm|colk|coke, colk|t=the core or heart of an apple or onion, pith}} Middle English coke, colk (“the core or heart of an apple or onion, pith”), {{inh|en|ang|*colc|t=the gullet, esophagus; pit of the stomach; trench, pit, gully}} Old English *colc (“the gullet, esophagus; pit of the stomach; trench, pit, gully”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*kolk}} Proto-West Germanic *kolk, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*kulukaz|*kulkaz, *kulukaz|t=gullet}} Proto-Germanic *kulkaz, *kulukaz (“gullet”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʷel-|t=to devour, swallow, gulp; throat, gullet}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“to devour, swallow, gulp; throat, gullet”), {{doublet|en|coke|nocap=1}} doublet of coke Head templates: {{en-noun}} gowk (plural gowks)
  1. (Geordie) An apple core. Tags: Geordie Categories (lifeform): Cuckoos
    Sense id: en-gowk-en-noun-lrjC5QQk Disambiguation of Cuckoos: 37 1 39 7 3 3 1 4 5 Categories (other): Geordie English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 0 62 10 2 1 3 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 1 62 6 2 2 2 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 1 62 10 2 2 1 2 2
  2. (Geordie, obsolete) The central part of any thing; pith; core. Tags: Geordie, obsolete
    Sense id: en-gowk-en-noun-WOglcxp6 Categories (other): Geordie English
  3. (dialectal) The hard centre of a boil or sore. Tags: dialectal Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-gowk-en-noun-0ZcvwI9w Disambiguation of People: 9 0 2 0 24 0 29 35 0
  4. (dialectal) The yolk of an egg. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-gowk-en-noun-fm7XJX4q
  5. (dialectal) The inner part of a haystack. Tags: dialectal Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-gowk-en-noun-O8YY0fCX Disambiguation of People: 9 0 2 0 24 0 29 35 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: goke, goak, gauk, gouk, geak, cowk
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ɡaʊk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gowk.wav Forms: gowks [present, singular, third-person], gowking [participle, present], gowked [participle, past], gowked [past]
Rhymes: -aʊk Etymology: From Middle English goke, gowke, from Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰegʰuǵʰ- (“cuckoo”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|goke}} Middle English goke, {{der|en|non|gaukr|t=cuckoo}} Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*gaukaz|t=cuckoo}} Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰegʰuǵʰ-|t=cuckoo}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰegʰuǵʰ- (“cuckoo”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} gowk (third-person singular simple present gowks, present participle gowking, simple past and past participle gowked)
  1. To make foolish; to stupefy. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-gowk-en-verb-OI7rDUYn Disambiguation of People: 9 0 2 0 24 0 29 35 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: gowks [present, singular, third-person], gowking [participle, present], gowked [participle, past], gowked [past]
Etymology: Compare Norwegian Nynorsk gulka (“to burp, belch”). Compare also Scots cowk (“to strain, retch”), Dutch kolken (“to belch”), German kolken (“to gulp”), dialectal German kölken, kolksen (“to vomit”), Danish kulke (“to gulp”). Etymology templates: {{cog|nn|gulka|t=to burp, belch}} Norwegian Nynorsk gulka (“to burp, belch”), {{cog|sco|cowk|t=to strain, retch}} Scots cowk (“to strain, retch”), {{cog|nl|kolken|t=to belch}} Dutch kolken (“to belch”), {{cog|de|kolken|t=to gulp}} German kolken (“to gulp”), {{cog|de|kölken}} German kölken, {{cog|da|kulke|t=to gulp}} Danish kulke (“to gulp”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} gowk (third-person singular simple present gowks, present participle gowking, simple past and past participle gowked)
  1. (dialectal) To retch; vomit. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-gowk-en-verb-Vl3Auw5r
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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          "text": "\"Ill-fard, crazy, crack-brained gowk, that she is!\" exclaimed the housekeeper.",
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        {
          "ref": "1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 83:",
          "text": "\"What does it look like?\" \"Like...like...\" Catweazle made boulder-like gestures in the air, \"like a wogle-stone, thou gowk.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "1976, Robert Nye, Falstaff:",
          "text": "God has sent me gowks for secretaries.",
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          "ref": "2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 303:",
          "text": "`You daft great gowk, puttin' yerself in the way of harm after all this time out of a war.'",
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        "(Geordie, obsolete) The central part of any thing; pith; core."
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        "(dialectal) The hard centre of a boil or sore."
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        "The yolk of an egg."
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        "(dialectal) The yolk of an egg."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal) The inner part of a haystack."
      ],
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        "dialectal"
      ]
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    },
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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}

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      "args": {
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      },
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    {
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    }
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    {
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "gowking",
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        "participle",
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    },
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      "form": "gowked",
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        "participle",
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    }
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        "To retch; vomit."
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        "(dialectal) To retch; vomit."
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    }
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}
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      "word": "hunt the gowk"
    }
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    }
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        "plural"
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        "A cuckoo."
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        "(Northern England, Scotland) A cuckoo."
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 83:",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1976, Robert Nye, Falstaff:",
          "text": "God has sent me gowks for secretaries.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 303:",
          "text": "`You daft great gowk, puttin' yerself in the way of harm after all this time out of a war.'",
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        }
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        "A fool."
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        [
          "fool",
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        "present",
        "singular",
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        "present"
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        {
          "ref": "1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:",
          "text": "look how the man stands as he were gowk'd",
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        "To make foolish; to stupefy."
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    }
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}

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        "An apple core."
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        "(Geordie) An apple core."
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        "Geordie English"
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        "The central part of any thing; pith; core."
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        "(Geordie, obsolete) The central part of any thing; pith; core."
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        "Geordie",
        "obsolete"
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        "English dialectal terms"
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        "The hard centre of a boil or sore."
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        "(dialectal) The hard centre of a boil or sore."
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    },
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      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms"
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        "The yolk of an egg."
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          "egg"
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        "(dialectal) The yolk of an egg."
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        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The inner part of a haystack."
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          "haystack"
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        "(dialectal) The inner part of a haystack."
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ɡaʊk/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡæʊ̯ˀk]"
    },
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    {
      "word": "goke"
    },
    {
      "word": "goak"
    },
    {
      "word": "gauk"
    },
    {
      "word": "gouk"
    },
    {
      "word": "geak"
    },
    {
      "word": "cowk"
    }
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}

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        "2": "gulka",
        "t": "to burp, belch"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "t": "to strain, retch"
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        "t": "to belch"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "kolken",
        "t": "to gulp"
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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      "expansion": "German kölken",
      "name": "cog"
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        "t": "to gulp"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish kulke (“to gulp”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Norwegian Nynorsk gulka (“to burp, belch”). Compare also Scots cowk (“to strain, retch”), Dutch kolken (“to belch”), German kolken (“to gulp”), dialectal German kölken, kolksen (“to vomit”), Danish kulke (“to gulp”).",
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    {
      "form": "gowks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gowking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gowked",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "gowked",
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "English dialectal terms"
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        "To retch; vomit."
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          "vomit",
          "vomit"
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        "(dialectal) To retch; vomit."
      ],
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      ]
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}

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