gawk
verb (used without object)
to stare stupidly; gape.
gawks
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present tense formof gawk (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Anyone who sits through the end credits of a franchise movie and gawks at screens filled with hundreds of names of special effects and visual effects crew knows most of the is digitally animated.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2024
The sweet little shrug that the grown-up, matronly Dakota Johnson gives to Dismukes, as he gawks at her younger self strutting around the stage, makes the entire sketch worthwhile.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2024
You can’t get strangers to help you lay that foundation — the world gawks, it can’t help itself — but you can ask the grandmas and certainly the teachers to.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2022
The census outreach organizer for the Boyle Heights-based Latino Equality Alliance said he sometimes wears skirts and other women’s clothing to church, eliciting gawks and stares from other parishioners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2020
The rest of my tour group gawks at me but I focus on Agent Fiona.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
