gawp
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
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Present
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gawpsimple
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gawpssimple
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have gawpedperfect
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has gawpedperfect
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am gawpingprogressive
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are gawpingprogressive
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is gawpingprogressive
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have been gawpingperfect progressive
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has been gawpingperfect progressive
Past
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gawpedsimple
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had gawpedperfect
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was gawpingprogressive
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were gawpingprogressive
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had been gawpingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of gawp
1720–30; British dial., continuing obsolete galp, Middle English galpen, perhaps blend of Middle Dutch galpen to yawn and Middle English gapen to gape
Example Sentences
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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.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2022
At least 6,000 people — maybe half the city’s population — was supposed to have been trying to gawp as Rodolfo Silvas and Francisco Martinez were led out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
Samsung, for example, had giant augmented reality versions of its devices appear during its August Unpacked event live stream for its onstage presenters to pretend to gawp at.
From The Verge ● Dec. 18, 2020
I was between full-time jobs and wanted to take advantage of my open schedule to jet to Southeast Asia to slurp noodles and gawp at the Transformer-sized Buddhas.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2020
He entreated I should climb down to his shallop and gawp later.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Stewart gawps as though I have taken leave of my senses.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 9, 2017
They noted down what was required by their forms, wrapped up the body in officialdom, tied it with red tape, and removed it amid gawps and gags of inquisitive neighbors.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2015
A&E has constructed the series as a homespun, slightly goofy reality sitcom that celebrates the Robertsons' traditional family values even as it gawps at their backwoods way of life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2014
Young gawps in incredulity – add impact to this ballroom blitz of a gig.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2012
I felt wabbly and dizzy for a second, and I expect I gawps at him open faced.
From Torchy, Private Sec. by Lincoln, F. Foster
We pulled in amid a cloud of brown dust to the state fishing access site just below the dam and gawped at the wind-shimmered cottonwood leaves, the river’s leisurely drift and the dry, harsh hills.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 26, 2015
The epigrammatic and empathetic Mrs. Kendal, who knows from striking poses and being gawped at, is a scene-stealing showboat.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2014
Outside the city's abandoned central railway station, on a bitterly cold winter's day, I gawped at the incomprehensibly large building.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2013
We gawped at each other like Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 18, 2013
The Spaniards gawped like yokels at the wide streets, ornately carved buildings, and markets bright with goods from hundreds of miles away.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
I also spent over three hours gawping at it.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Mr. Bale, formerly one of the leading actors of his generation, is reduced to spending most of the movie gawping at her antics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Like the passengers gawping at the flames, the reader cannot look away.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2023
But, he added, he wouldn’t be gawping at their apartments.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
She’ll think you’re an idiot Scholar gawping at pretty symbols.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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