Synonyms of the word gawk


GAWKCLOD - GAPE - GAWP - GOGGLE - GOON - LOOK - LOUT - LUBBER - LUMMOX - LUMP - OAF - STUMBLEBUM

gawk

  • n. A cuckoo.
  • n. A fool.
  • n. A simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person.
  • v. To stare or gape stupidly.
  • v. To stare conspicuously.

clod

  • n. A lump of something, especially of earth or clay.
  • n. The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.
  • n. A stupid person; a dolt.
  • n. Part of a shoulder of beef, or of the neck piece near the shoulder.
  • v. (transitive) To pelt with clods.
  • v. (transitive, Scotland) To throw violently; to hurl.
  • v. To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot.

gape

  • v. (intransitive) To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
  • v. (intransitive) To stare in wonder.
  • v. (intransitive) To open wide; to display a gap.
  • v. (intransitive) Of a cat: to open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other…
  • n. (uncommon) An act of gaping; a yawn.
  • n. A large opening.
  • n. (uncountable) A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent…
  • n. The width of an opening.
  • n. (zoology) The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open.

gawp

  • v. (Britain) To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk.

goggle

  • v. To stare (at something) with wide eyes.
  • v. To roll the eyes.
  • n. A wide-eyed stare.
  • n. (in the plural) A pair of protective eyeglasses.

goon

  • n. A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
  • n. A fool; someone considered silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.
  • n. (ice hockey, pejorative) An enforcer or fighter.
  • n. (Britain, WWII, PoW slang) A German guard in a prisoner of war camp.
  • n. (Internet slang) A member of the comedy web site Something Awful.
  • n. (Australia, countable, informal) A wine flagon or cask.
  • n. (Australia, uncountable, informal) Cheap or inferior cask wine.

look

  • v. (intransitive, often with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
  • v. To appear, to seem.
  • v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
  • v. (intransitive, often with "for") To search for, to try to find.
  • v. To face or present a view.
  • v. To expect or anticipate.
  • v. (transitive) To express or manifest by a look.
  • v. (transitive, often with "to") To make sure of, to see to.
  • v. (dated, sometimes figuratively) To show oneself in looking.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To expect.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.
  • v. (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.
  • interj. Pay attention.
  • n. The action of looking, an attempt to see.
  • n. (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.
  • n. A facial expression.

lout

  • n. A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
  • n. A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To bend, bow, stoop.

lubber

  • n. a clumsy or lazy person.
  • n. (nautical) an inexperienced or novice sailor; a landlubber.

lummox

  • n. (informal) A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler.

lump

  • n. Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group.
  • n. A group, set, or unit.
  • n. A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
  • n. A dull or lazy person.
  • n. (informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
  • n. A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
  • v. To treat as a single unit; to group together.

oaf

  • n. (pejorative) A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton; an idiot.
  • n. (obsolete) An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.

stumblebum

  • n. A blundering or awkward person.
  • n. An inept prizefighter.
  • n. A bum (homeless person).

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