gawp

G2A1W4P3
UK/ɡɔːp/US/ɡɔp/cot caught merger/ɡɑp/

verb

To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk.

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Meanings

verbgawp (third-person singular simple present gawps, present participle gawping, simple past and past participle gawped)

present singular third person gawps · participle present gawping · participle past gawped · past gawped · alternative gaup

  1. UKTo stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk.

    “I have tickets for the train to New York tonight. Hurry up, Molly! Don’t stand there gawping.”

    1961, John Steinbeck, Molly Morgan
    1 more example

    The lady looked around to see that there were hundreds of sets of eyes staring back at her. Even the screaming toddlers had momentarily stopped screaming and were gawping.

    2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
noungawp (plural gawps)

plural gawps · alternative gaup

  1. UKA stupefied or amazed stare.

    Come in for a gawp at the sweets and pastries that run three rows deep at this rustically contemporary (or contemporarily rustic) cake shop.

    2019, The Rough Guide to South America on a Budget

Synonyms & antonyms

verblook with amazement; look stupidly

Similar
gogglegapegawk
Broader
look
Also see
gapegawkgoggle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Variation of gape.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with gawp

scaupyawplemon drop
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Cite this entry
APA

gawp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gawp

MLA

“gawp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gawp. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gawp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gawp.

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