gawk

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A cuckoo; (sometimes by extension) any gawky bird.
2. A fool; a simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person.

Verb

1. To stare or gape stupidly.
2. To stare conspicuously.
3. (colloquial, vulgar) To suck.

Sinonieme

gape

goggle

stare

gawp

rubberneck

lubber

gaze

clod

lump

goon

lout

lummox

oaf

cuckoo

stumblebum

gaper

gaze at

glare

goose

🪿

half-wit

klutz

loafer

look

loon

moron

mug

nincompoop

ninny

nitwit

ogle

palooka

schlep

see

👀

sideboard

simpleton

stand gaping

take in

shlep

turkey

twit

wally

watch

⌚

weenie

widen

goofball

gubbins

open wide

stupid person

maladroit person

schlepper

Vertalings

aangapen

béer

embasbacar-se

dom kijken

badauder

gapen

bayer aux corneilles

Tölpel

ficar boquiaberto

anglotzen

ver

👀

badar

glotzen

bobo

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɡɔːk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: gowke

Verwante met Deens: gøg

Verwante met Sweeds: gök

Verwante met Duits: Gauch

Verwante met Old English: ġēac

Verwante met Frans: gauche

Verwante met Engels: gawky

In summary

From a variant of gowk, from Middle English gowke, goke, from Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”). Cognate with Danish gøg, Swedish gök, German Gauch, Old English ġēac.
Compare also French gauche, and English gawky and gallock.