gawp
verb /ɡɔːp/
/ɡɔːp/
[intransitive] (British English, informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they gawp | /ɡɔːp/ /ɡɔːp/ |
| he / she / it gawps | /ɡɔːps/ /ɡɔːps/ |
| past simple gawped | /ɡɔːpt/ /ɡɔːpt/ |
| past participle gawped | /ɡɔːpt/ /ɡɔːpt/ |
| -ing form gawping | /ˈɡɔːpɪŋ/ /ˈɡɔːpɪŋ/ |
- gawp (at somebody/something) to stare at somebody/something in a rude or stupid way synonym gape
- Don’t gawp at me like that!
- Crowds stood gawping as the victims were brought out of the bombed building.
Word Originlate 17th cent.: perhaps an alteration of gape.