gawp
Americanverb (used without object)
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gawps,
present (3rd person singular)
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gawped,
past participle, past
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gawping
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
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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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".
From BBC ● May 2, 2023
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
When the girl grabs her apron, Cook turns from her onion, and I stifle a gasp, trying not to gawp at the ruin of her face.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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
He gawps at its tangled skull wires and indignant beige lips.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2013
He gawps comically in the gloom, purely astonished to find the festival underway and the whole place full of people.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2012
Merry almost drops his fork and gawps at Aunty sort of dazed.
From On With Torchy by Foster Lincoln
Sitting in the clubhouse, a still soaked MacIntyre gawped at the TV screen, clattered his macerated hands together in applause, and mouthed "wow" as his dream died.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025
VIP guests gawped as they entered a DIOR-branded tent to discover the makeshift country vista - replete with about 19,000 real poppies, wildflowers and flora planted on hills beside two reconstructed English country houses.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
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
I wish I could have gone to the Shard and gawped too, as the women worked their way up the Qataris' tower, and with absolutely no ado cut it down to size.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2013
I gawped at him, thinking, Tell my parents?
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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
The killer second came through a sumptuous Lorenzo Pellegrini finish, assisted by Artem Dovbyk and a gawping Rangers defence.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
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
Daddy says as though Bess and I aren’t already gawping at each other.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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