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Webster 1913 Edition
Gawk
Gawk
(ga̤k)
, Noun.
[OE.
gok
, gowk
, cuckoo, fool, Icel. gaukr
cuckoo; akin to OHG. gouh
, G. gauch
cuckoo, fool, AS. géac
cuckoo, Sw. gök
, Dan. giög
] 1.
A cuckoo.
Johnson.
2.
A simpleton; a booby; a gawky.
Carlyle.
Gawk
,Verb.
I.
1.
To act like a gawky.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gawk
GAWK
,Noun.
1.
A cuckoo.2.
A fool; a simpleton. [In both senses, it is retained in Scotland.]