gawp
verb (used without object)
to stare with the mouth open in wonder or astonishment; gape.
gawps
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present tense formof gawp (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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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
The Linekers live on the Thames, in swish but villagey Barnes, where he is greeted with smiles and gawps from passersby when he steps out on to the pavement.
From The Guardian ● May 30, 2014
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
I gawps curious over at J. Bayard to see what comeback he has to this dose of mush, and finds him starin' foolish at her.
From Shorty McCabe on the Job by Sewell Ford
