Etymology

groak

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Today it means: To stare or look fixedly at someone; esp. of a child or dog in anticipation of receiving food. Full definition →

Scots groak, growk
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  1. Scots · borrowed fromgroak, growk
  2. English todaygroak

Unknown. Adapted into English from the Scots groak, growk with an unchanged meaning; groak in Scotland and growk in Ulster. The earliest recorded English usage of this term is as grouk in 1808 (see sense 2).

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