gawk[verb]Synonyms: gaze, bore, gape, gaup (
or gawp), glare, gloat, goggle, peer, stare
[noun]Synonyms: oaf, klutz, lobster, looby, lout, lubber, lug, lummox, lump, palooka
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
gawk /ɡɔːk $ ɡɒːk/
verb [intransitive][
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: Perhaps from gawk 'left, left-handed' (18-19 centuries)]
informal to look at something for a long time, in a way that looks stupid
Synonym : staregawk at
Don’t just stand there gawking at those girls! [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲