gawk

n.
An awkward, loutish person; an oaf.

intr.v., gawked, gawk·ing, gawks.
To stare or gape stupidly. See synonyms at gaze.

[Perhaps alteration (influenced by gawk hand, left hand) of obsolete gaw, to gape, from Middle English gawen, from Old Norse gā, to heed.]

gawker gawk'er n.

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noun

A large, ungainly, and dull-witted person: hulk, lout, lump¹, oaf, ox. Informal lummox. Slang klutz, lug¹, meatball, meathead. See ability/inability.

verb

To look intently and fixedly: eye, gape, gaze, goggle, ogle, peer¹, stare. Idioms: gaze open-mouthed, rivet the eyes on. See see/not see.

v

Definition: stare
Antonyms: look away

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IN BRIEF: To stare in a stupid way.

Many drivers slowed down to gawk at the stalled cars on the side of the road.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - glo dumt, glane
n. - fjog, tåbe, fjols, klods

Nederlands (Dutch)
dom aangapen, onhandige lummel

Français (French)
v. intr. - rester bouche bée (devant)
n. - godiche, grand dadais

Deutsch (German)
v. - (ugs.) dumm glotzen
n. - Tölpel, Dummkopf

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - χαίνω, χάσκω, κάνω χάζι, χασμουριέμαι, τα χάνω, μένω με το στόμα ανοιχτό
n. - (καθομ.) κρεμανταλάς, αμπλαούμπλας

Italiano (Italian)
fissare lo sguardo su, scioccone

Português (Portuguese)
v. - pasmar, olhar estupidamente
n. - paspalhão (m) (coloq.), simplório (m)

Русский (Russian)
пялиться, разиня

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - papar moscas, quedarse boquiabierto
n. - bobo, palurdo, papamoscas

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - gapa
n. - dumbom, tölp

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
痴呆地看, 张口瞠目, 笨人, 笨拙的人, 呆子

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 癡呆地看, 張口瞠目
n. - 笨人, 笨拙的人, 呆子

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 멍청하게 바라보다
n. - 멍청이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 気のきかないやつ
v. - ぽかんと見とれる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحدق ببله (الاسم) المغفل الأخرس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הסתכל כגולם, נעץ מבטים (מדוברת)‬
n. - ‮מגושם, לא-יוצלח, ביישן‬

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