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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
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