Gawk (?), n. [OE. gok, gowk, cuckoo, fool, Icel. gaukr cuckoo; akin to OHG. gouh, G. gauch cuckoo, fool, AS. g'eac cuckoo, Sw. gok, Dan. giog]

1.

A cuckoo.

Johnson.

2.

A simpleton; a booby; a gawky.

Carlyle.

 

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Gawk, v. i.

To act like a gawky.

 

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