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    GAWK

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An awkward stupid personplay

    Synonyms:

    clod; gawk; goon; lout; lubber; lummox; lump; oaf; stumblebum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("gawk" is a kind of...):

    clumsy person (a person with poor motor coordination)

    Derivation:

    gawky (lacking grace in movement or posture)

     II. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they gawk  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it gawks  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: gawked  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: gawked  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: gawking  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Look with amazement; look stupidlyplay

    Synonyms:

    gape; gawk; gawp; goggle

    Classified under:

    Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

    Hypernyms (to "gawk" is one way to...):

    look (perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP

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