Verb: gawk gok
- Look with amazement; look stupidly
"The queue was gawking at him, like he was a hired clown";
- goggle, gape, gawp [Brit, informal]
- An awkward stupid person
"He behaved like a gawk at the dinner party";
- lout, clod [informal], stumblebum [N. Amer, informal], goon [informal], oaf, lubber, lummox [informal], lump [informal], clot [Brit], clodhopper [informal], clodpole [archaic, informal]
Derived forms: gawked, gawking, gawks
Type of: clumsy person, look
Encyclopedia: Gawk