See gowk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "i",
"3": "I"
},
"expansion": "I",
"name": "yesno"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Inherited"
},
"expansion": "Inherited",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gmw-msc",
"3": "gowk",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Middle Scots gowk",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gmw-msc",
"3": "gowk"
},
"expansion": "Inherited from Middle Scots gowk",
"name": "inh+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "enm",
"3": "goke"
},
"expansion": "Middle English goke",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "non",
"3": "gaukr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse gaukr",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*gaukaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *gaukaz",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle Scots gowk, golk, from Middle English goke, from Old Norse gaukr, from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "gowks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "gowkin",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "gowkit",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "gowkit",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "goak",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "gouk",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gowks",
"2": "gowkin",
"3": "gowkit",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "gowks",
"name": "sco-verb/getPres3rdSg"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gowks",
"2": "gowkin",
"3": "gowkit",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "gowkin",
"name": "sco-verb/getPresP"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gowks",
"2": "gowkin",
"3": "gowkit",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "gowkit",
"name": "sco-verb/getPast"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gowks",
"2": "gowkin",
"3": "gowkit",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "gowkit",
"name": "sco-verb/getPastP"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gowks",
"2": "gowkin",
"3": "gowkit",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "gowkit",
"name": "sco-verb/getPast"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gowks",
"2": "gowkin",
"3": "gowkit",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "gowkit",
"name": "sco-verb/getPast"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gowks",
"2": "gowkin",
"3": "gowkit",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "gowkit",
"name": "sco-verb/getPastP"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gowks",
"2": "gowkin",
"3": "gowkit",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "gowkit",
"name": "sco-verb/getPast"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gowks",
"2": "gowkin",
"3": "gowkit",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "gowkit",
"name": "sco-verb/getPastP"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"10": "",
"2": "verbs",
"3": "third-person singular simple present",
"4": "gowks",
"5": "present participle",
"6": "gowkin",
"7": "simple past and past participle",
"8": "gowkit",
"9": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "gowk (third-person singular simple present gowks, present participle gowkin, simple past and past participle gowkit)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gowks",
"2": "gowkin",
"3": "gowkit"
},
"expansion": "gowk (third-person singular simple present gowks, present participle gowkin, simple past and past participle gowkit)",
"name": "sco-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Scots transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To fool or trick (especially in an April Fools' Day joke)"
],
"links": [
[
"fool",
"fool"
],
[
"trick",
"trick"
],
[
"especially",
"especially#English"
],
[
"April Fools' Day",
"April Fools' Day#English"
],
[
"joke",
"joke#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To fool or trick (especially in an April Fools' Day joke)"
],
"senseid": [
"sco:to fool"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Scots intransitive verbs",
"Scots terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To be tricked by an April Fools' Day joke."
],
"links": [
[
"trick",
"trick"
],
[
"April Fools' Day",
"April Fools' Day"
],
[
"joke",
"joke"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, rare) To be tricked by an April Fools' Day joke."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Scots intransitive verbs",
"Scots terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To monkey around; to waste time or act unseriously."
],
"links": [
[
"monkey around",
"monkey around"
],
[
"waste time",
"waste time"
],
[
"unseriously",
"unseriously"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, rare) To monkey around; to waste time or act unseriously."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡʌuk/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡoːk/"
}
],
"word": "gowk"
}
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