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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The crowd gawks at her — devout eyes wide, lips parted as if witnessing a miracle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
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
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
Carolyn Hax advises a woman whose husband gawks at pretty women online and describes himself as an arrogant liar.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2017
A middle-aged couple sitting on a bench by the front door gawks unabashedly.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
