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Gawkiness

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• Gawking

  [gawk] /gɔk/ verb (used without object) 1. to stare stupidly; gape: The onlookers gawked at arriving celebrities. noun 2. an awkward, foolish person. /ɡɔːk/ noun 1. a clumsy stupid person; lout verb 2. (intransitive) to stare in a stupid way; gape v. 1785, American English, perhaps from gaw, a survival from Middle English gowen “to […]

• Gawkish

  [gaw-kee] /ˈgɔ ki/ adjective, gawkier, gawkiest. 1. awkward; ungainly; clumsy. /ˈɡɔːkɪ/ adjective gawkier, gawkiest 1. clumsy or ungainly; awkward 2. (West Yorkshire, dialect) left-handed adj. “awkward, ungainly,” 1724, from gawk hand “left hand” (1703), perhaps a contraction of gaulick, thus “gaulish hand,” derogatory slang that could have originated during some period of strained Anglo-French relations, […]

• Gawkishness

  [gaw-kee] /ˈgɔ ki/ adjective, gawkier, gawkiest. 1. awkward; ungainly; clumsy. /ˈɡɔːkɪ/ adjective gawkier, gawkiest 1. clumsy or ungainly; awkward 2. (West Yorkshire, dialect) left-handed adj. “awkward, ungainly,” 1724, from gawk hand “left hand” (1703), perhaps a contraction of gaulick, thus “gaulish hand,” derogatory slang that could have originated during some period of strained Anglo-French relations, […]

• Gawky

  [gaw-kee] /ˈgɔ ki/ adjective, gawkier, gawkiest. 1. awkward; ungainly; clumsy. /ˈɡɔːkɪ/ adjective gawkier, gawkiest 1. clumsy or ungainly; awkward 2. (West Yorkshire, dialect) left-handed adj. “awkward, ungainly,” 1724, from gawk hand “left hand” (1703), perhaps a contraction of gaulick, thus “gaulish hand,” derogatory slang that could have originated during some period of strained Anglo-French relations, […]

• Gawp

  [gawp] /gɔp/ verb (used without object), Chiefly Northern U.S. 1. to stare with the mouth open in wonder or astonishment; gape: Crowds stood gawping at the disabled ship. /ɡɔːp/ verb 1. (Brit, slang) (intransitive) often foll by at. to stare stupidly; gape n. “fool, simpleton,” 1825, perhaps from the verb meaning “to yawn, gape” (as […]

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