Define the word gawk"Gawk" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Gawk \Gawk\ (g[add]k), n. [OE. gok, gowk, cuckoo, fool, Icel.
gaukr cuckoo; akin to OHG. gouh, G. gauch cuckoo, fool, AS.
g['e]ac cuckoo, Sw. g["o]k, Dan. gi["o]g]
1. A cuckoo. --Johnson.
[1913 Webster]
2. A simpleton; a booby; a gawky. --Carlyle.
[1913 Webster]
"Gawk" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Gawk \Gawk\, v. i.
1. To act like a gawky.
[1913 Webster]
2. To stare with empty-minded fascination; to stare stupidly;
to gape; -- usually used with at.
[PJC]
"gawk" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
gawk
n : an awkward stupid person [syn: lout, clod, stumblebum,
goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump]
v : look with amazement; look stupidly [syn: goggle, gape, gawp]
"gawk" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "gawk":
ass, be amazed, be astonished, be curious, blockhead, blunderer,
blunderhead, boor, bore, botcher, bumbler, bumpkin, bungler,
burn with curiosity, churl, clod, clodhopper, clodknocker, clot,
clown, crane, crane the neck, dig around for, dig up, dolt,
dunderhead, dunderpate, eye, fool, fumbler, galoot, gape, gaup,
gawky, gaze, gaze open-mouthed, glare, gloat, goggle, gowk,
hayseed, hick, ignoramus, inquire, interrogate, klutz, lobster,
looby, look, lout, lubber, lug, lummox, lump, marvel, ninny,
nose around for, nose out, oaf, ogle, ox, palooka, peer, query,
question, quiz, rubber, rubberneck, rube, seek, simpleton, slouch,
slubberer, stand aghast, stand on tiptoe, stare, stare at,
stare down, stare hard, stare openmouthed, want to know, wonder,
yokel
"gawk" vera "Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)"
GAWK
GNU AWK (GNU, AWK)
"gawk" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
gawk
GNU awk. Gawk is a superset of standard
awk and includes some Plan 9 features.
David Trueman and Arnold Robbins of Georgia Institute of Technology were developing it in 1993. It has been ported to
Unix, MS-DOS, Macintosh, and Archimedes.
Latest version: 2.15.3, as of 1993-11-08.
Available by FTP from your nearest GNU archive site.
Mac version (ftp://archive.umich.edu/mac/utilities/developerhelps/macgawk2.11.cpt.hqx).
(2000-10-21)
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