GAWK: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | gok
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- [n] an awkward stupid person
- [v] look with amazement; look stupidly
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| | Synonyms: | | clod, gape, gawp, goggle, goon, klutz, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, oaf, stumblebum |
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| | See Also: | | clumsy person, look | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Gawk\, n. [OE. gok, gowk, cuckoo, fool, Icel. gaukr
cuckoo; akin to OHG. gouh, G. gauch cuckoo, fool, AS. g['e]ac
cuckoo, Sw. g["o]k, Dan. gi["o]g]
1. A cuckoo. --Johnson.
2. A simpleton; a booby; a gawky. --Carlyle.
\Gawk\, v. i.
To act like a gawky.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | GNU awk. Gawk is a superset of standard awk and includes some Plan 9 features. David Trueman and Arnold Robbins of Georgia Institute of Technology were developing it in 1993. It has been ported to Unix, MS-DOS, Macintosh, and Archimedes. Latest version: 2.15.3, as of 1993-11-08. Available by FTP from your nearest GNU archive site. Mac version. |
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| | See Also: | | language, tool | |
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| | Related Terms: | | ass, be amazed, be astonished, be curious, blockhead, blunderer, blunderhead, boor, bore, botcher, bumbler, bumpkin, bungler, burn with curiosity, churl, clod, clodhopper, clodknocker, clot, clown, crane, crane the neck, dig around for, dig up, dolt, dunderhead, dunderpate, eye, fool, fumbler, galoot, gape, gaup, gawky, gaze, gaze open-mouthed, glare, gloat, goggle, gowk, hayseed, hick, ignoramus, inquire, interrogate, klutz, lobster, looby, look, lout, lubber, lug, lummox, lump, marvel, ninny, nose around for, nose out, oaf, ogle, ox, palooka, peer, query, question, quiz, rubber, rubberneck, rube, seek, simpleton, slouch, slubberer, stand aghast, stand on tiptoe, stare, stare at, stare down, stare hard, stare openmouthed, want to know, wonder, yokel |
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