GAWKED

Verb

gawked

simple past tense and past participle of gawk

Source: Wiktionary


GAWK

Gawk, n. Etym: [OE. gok, gowk, cuckoo, fool, Icel. gaukr cuckoo; akin to OHG. gouh, G. gauch cuckoo, fool, AS. géac cuckoo, Sw. gök, Dan. giög]

1. A cuckoo. Johnson.

2. A simpleton; a booby; a gawky. Carlyle.

Gawk, v. i.

Definition: To act like a gawky.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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