gawk

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

béer

badauder

bayer aux corneilles

butor

malotru

nigaud

voir

👀

voyou

dadais

être béant

godiche

nicodème

patapouf

rester bouche bée

s’ouvrir

dandin

gille

rouler de gros yeux

être saillants

lout

bâiller

boule

Synonymes

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

Traductions

aangapen

embasbacar-se

dom kijken

gapen

Tölpel

esnemek

ver

👀

bobo

glotzen

anglotzen

ficar boquiaberto

badar

Gimpel

gaffen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡɔːk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: gowke

Appartenant à danois: gøg

Appartenant à suédois: gök

Appartenant à allemand: Gauch

Appartenant à ancien anglais: ġēac

Appartenant à français: gauche

Appartenant à anglais: 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.