Meaning

3 senses

  1. To stare or gape stupidly.

    blöde glotzen

    тара́щитьсяtaráščitʹsja, пя́литьсяpjálitʹsja, смотре́ть с глу́пым ви́домsmotrétʹ s glúpym vídom

    look with amazement; look stupidly

  2. To stare conspicuously.

  3. (colloquial, vulgar)To suck.

Examples

10 sentences

  1. What are you gawking at?

    ruНа что ты глазеешь? — odexed

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  2. Don't gawk at me.

    deGaff mich nicht an! — Yorwba

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  3. Ziri was gawking at the strange rock.

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  4. He stopped to gawk at the limousine.

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  5. While Mary gawked out the window, someone crept up stealthily behind her.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to stare or gape stupidly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to stare or gape stupidly:

Origin

Perhaps from English dialectal gaw (“to stare; gawk”) + -k, as in talk, stalk, etc., ultim

Perhaps from English dialectal gaw (“to stare; gawk”) + -k, as in talk, stalk, etc., ultimately from Old Norse gá (“to heed”).

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Forms

gawks, gawking, gawked, gawked
Base formgawk · to gawk
3rd person singulargawks
Present participlegawking
Past simplegawked
Past participlegawked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygawk
he, she, itgawks

Past simpleLesson

all personsgawked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gawked
he, she, ithas gawked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gawk

Synonyms

7 synonyms
stareB1gawgloarglom
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Derivedgawkishgawklinggawksomegawker

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gauntletgaussgavelgawpgayB1
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