gawp
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 4
/ɡɔːp/(UK)
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/ɡɔːp/(UK) · /ɡɔp/(US) · /ɡɑp/
Definition of gawp
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(British)To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk.
““I have tickets for the train to New York tonight. Hurry up, Molly! Don’t stand there gawping.””
“The lady looked around to see that there were hundreds of sets of eyes staring back at her. Even the screaming toddlers had momentarily stopped screaming and were gawping.”
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verb
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(British)To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk.
““I have tickets for the train to New York tonight. Hurry up, Molly! Don’t stand there gawping.””
“The lady looked around to see that there were hundreds of sets of eyes staring back at her. Even the screaming toddlers had momentarily stopped screaming and were gawping.”
noun
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(British)A stupefied or amazed stare.
“Come in for a gawp at the sweets and pastries that run three rows deep at this rustically contemporary (or contemporarily rustic) cake shop.”
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Etymology
Variation of gape.
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