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gawp
or gaup
[ gawp ]
verb (used without object)
Chiefly Northern U.S.
- to stare with the mouth open in wonder or astonishment; gape:
Crowds stood gawping at the disabled ship.
gawp
/ ɡɔ˱è /
verb
- slang.introften foll byat to stare stupidly; gape
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Derived Forms
- ˈ²µ²¹·É±è±ð°ù, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gawp1
C14 galpen; probably related to Old English gielpan to boast, yelp . Compare Dutch galpen to yelp
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Like the passengers gawping at the flames, the reader cannot look away.
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As rescuers tended to the stricken mammal, Mr Heslop-Mullens said people "should treat it as an animal and not as something to gawp at".
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But, he added, he wouldn’t be gawping at their apartments.
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So were PSV fans, belting out his name, while pundits gawped at this teenage phenomenon.
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In footage posted online, the two appear to be whizzing along on electric foil boards while onlookers on boats gawp at them.
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