Gawk

Morpheme

Gawk

Type

free base

Denotation

stare or gape stupidly

Etymology

1785 of unknown origin, perhaps from Gaw + -k

Evidence

gawk, gawked, gawker, gawking, gawks, gawksome

Notes

possible intensive or frequentative -k

See Also

Hark, Talk

Homographs

Gawk