gawk
gawk · gawks
раззява
Tölpel, Einfaltspinsel, Tollpatsch
A cuckoo; any gawky birdA cuckoo; (sometimes by extension) any gawky bird.
/ɡɔːk/
Meaning
3 sensesA cuckoo; (sometimes by extension) any gawky bird.
A fool; a simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person.
Tölpel, Einfaltspinsel, Tollpatsch
раззяваrazzjava
an awkward stupid person
A conspicuous or stupid stare or gape; an instance of gawking.
Examples
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4 languagesРусский
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stupid or clumsy person:
Origin
From a variant of gowk, from Middle English gowke, goke, from Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”),From a variant of gowk, from Middle English gowke, goke, from Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”). Cognate with Danish gøg, Swedish gök, German Gauch, Old English ġēac.
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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