GOWK

Etymology

Noun

gowk (plural gowks)

(Northern England, Scotland) A cuckoo.

A fool.

Verb

gowk (third-person singular simple present gowks, present participle gowking, simple past and past participle gowked)

To make foolish; to stupefy.

Source: Wiktionary

Gowk, v. t. Etym: [See Gawk.]

Definition: To make a, booby of one); to stupefy. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Gowk, n. Etym: [See Gawk.] (Zoöl.)

1. The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.

2. A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition