gawk
Mane (English)
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- A cuckoo.
- A fool; a simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person.
Synonyms
gaze at
stand gaping
turkey
stupid person
maladroit person
shlepper
pampoen
Pircarînî
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ɡɔːk/
Etîmolojî (English)
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.
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