begowk

B3E1G2O1W4K5

verb

To play a trick on, make a fool of.

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Meanings

verbbegowk (third-person singular simple present begowks, present participle begowking, simple past and past participle begowked)

present singular third person begowks · participle present begowking · participle past begowked · past begowked

  1. ScotlandarchaicTo play a trick on, make a fool of.

    But I'll begowk them there, Mr. David.

    1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, Catriona
    2 more examples

    Is she trying to begowk a donnert old man next?

    1921, William Darling Lyell, The house in Queen Anne square

    Dewing, you sought to begowk me by setting me up against Zurich — or perhaps you really thought to use me against him.

    1917, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Copper Streak Trail

Origin

From be- + gowk.

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APA

begowk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begowk

MLA

“begowk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begowk. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “begowk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begowk.

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