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Meanings of gawk in English

Portuguese
bobo
Catalan
terròs
Spanish
idiota

An awkward stupid person.

bobo
Portuguese
ver
Catalan
contemplar
Spanish
contemplar

Look with amazement; look stupidly.

ver
Usage of gawk in English
1
Where I come from the word gawk means to stare, to gape.
The Irish Times
2
Citizens of London stopped to gawk, but neither Michael nor Chesna cared.
The Wolf’s Hour
3
The standard incorporates features that originated in both new awk and gawk.
Sed & awk, 2nd edition
4
Caroline and her friends continued to gawk at him, all looking moon-eyed.
In every heartbeat
5
Believers who are blind now will gawk at the New Earth's wonders.
Heaven
6
They come to buy, to gawk, to laugh, but they don't stay.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
7
Three more people had come to gawk at the place of death.
A fierce radiance: a novel
8
Here's a gawk at how Neon Wolf got on in the studio.
The Irish Times
9
Off we went for a gawk at the new giant sports shop.
The Irish Times
10
Besides the common extensions listed earlier, gawk has a number of additional features.
Sed & awk, 2nd edition
11
Then we'll move on, towards another new frontier, another new gawk.
The Guardian
12
People filtered into the room to help, or gawk, or gossip.
The Wise Man’s Fear
13
No one had come to gawk as we went through our macabre routine.
Flash and Bones
14
A dozen or so people had emerged from businesses and storefronts to gawk.
Carrion comfort
15
Where relevant, we'll contrast the tawk feature with a comparable feature in gawk.
Sed & awk, 2nd edition
16
Past his shoulder I see a spectator, some jogger who paused to gawk.
Real life & liars
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Gawk across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common