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gawp

Or gaup

[gawp]

verb (used without object)

Chiefly Northern U.S.
  1. to stare with the mouth open in wonder or astonishment; gape.

    Crowds stood gawping at the disabled ship.



gawp

/ ɡɔːp /

verb

  1. slang,  to stare stupidly; gape

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • gawper noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gawp1

1720–30; British dial., continuing obsolete galp, Middle English galpen, perhaps blend of Middle Dutch galpen to yawn and Middle English gapen to gape
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Word 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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Example Sentences

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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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