gowk

Meaning

Noun

1. (Northern-England, Scotland) A cuckoo.
2. A fool.

Verb

To make foolish; to stupefy.

Verb

To retch; vomit.

Synonyms

cuckoo

fool

April Fool's day joke

April Fool's trick

April Fool's hoax

April Fool's joke

April Fool

April Fool's day gag

April Fool's gag

Translations

كذبة أبريل

Aprilscherz

poisson d’avril

cuculo

pesce d'aprile

1 aprilgrap

aprilvis

aprilmop

dia da mentira

basbaque

pez de abril

inocentada

nisanbalığı

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡaʊk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: goke

Inherited from Middle English: colk

Inherited from Old English: *colc

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: gulka

Cognate with Scots: cowk

Cognate with Dutch: kolken

Cognate with German: kolken

Cognate with German: kölken

Cognate with Danish: kulke

In summary

From Middle English goke, gowke, from Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰegʰuǵʰ- (“cuckoo”).