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    gawk

    gawk - Dictionary definition and meaning for word gawk

    Definition
    (noun) an awkward stupid person
    Synonyms : clod , goon , lout , lubber , lummox , lump , oaf , stumblebum
    Definition
    (verb) look with amazement; look stupidly
    Synonyms : gape , gawp , goggle
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for gawk

I gawked at the hawk since I have never seen one before.

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G+AWK...MEANS GAPE AWKWARDLY...OPEN MOUTH(GAPE)

its simple (GA)ze (W)ith shoc(K).... it gives GAWK....

Hindi :- when u go in GAAV [Village] den gaav ka log stare foolishly at you.Who is This Shehri-babu

The girl felt awkward when the shopkeeper gawked at her.

gawk can be taken as go (ga) + work (wk); Imagine your boss saying : "go and do your work, instead of gawking at office girls."

gawk -in nepali stupid person is said gawk.Or we can look the last section of word awk which means awkard or stupid

"Gaze" with "Awe"/or "Gaze" "Awkwardly"->open-mouthed awe


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text: Bu-gawk!
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