Meanings
gawming1
adjective
- UKalternativedialectalbut also USAlternative form of gorming.
Yet Nancy's gawming son Set free more sad and hopeless men Than any king has done;
1916, Daniel Leavens Cady, Adam Et Ux, in Maize and Milkweed: Fifty-two Stalks1 more example
A sniff of strong ammonia could not have revived Martha's drooping spirits more effectually. “Miss him!” she repeated, “don't worry about my missin' that gawming creature. I shall be able to keep things decently clean after he's out o' the way.”
1893, Mrs. O. W. Scott, The Gilead Guards: A Story of War-times in a New England Town
gawming2
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gawm
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APA
gawming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gawming
MLA
“gawming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gawming. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gawming,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gawming.
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