gongoozle

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verb

To leisurely watch the passage of boats, from the bank of a canal, lock or bridge.

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Meanings

verbgongoozle (third-person singular simple present gongoozles, present participle gongoozling, simple past and past participle gongoozled)

present singular third person gongoozles · participle present gongoozling · participle past gongoozled · past gongoozled

  1. intransitiveTo leisurely watch the passage of boats, from the bank of a canal, lock or bridge.
  2. intransitiveTo observe things idly.

Origin

Possibly arose from Lincolnshire dialect, in which gawn and gooze both mean stare or gape. Popularised by L. T. C. Rolt in Narrow Boat (1944), a book on canal life.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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