groak

present singular third person groaks · participle present groaking · participle past groaked · past groaked · alternative growk · alternative groke

1. typically of domestic animalsTo stare or look fixedly at someone; esp. of a child or dog in anticipation of receiving food.
2. To look at someone with a watchful or suspicious eye.

   Grouk is often used, as denoting the watchfulness of a very niggardly person, who is still afraid that any of his property be given away or carried off.

   1808, Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL)

plural groaks · alternative growk · alternative groke

1. Someone who waits at meal-times with the expectation of getting something to eat.
2. A wistful look by a child on any article greatly desired.