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A cuckoo; (sometimes by extension) any gawky bird.
- His morning prey he craveth; So crowed the gawk of carrion⁶ […] (6) Gawk of carrion = [kenning for] raven.
- Some sneakingly fly watching, as the hawk; Or, as a Cuckoo, grow to limb as a gawk.
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A fool; a simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person.
- A Duke of Weissenfels, for instance; foolish old gawk, whom Wilhehmina Princess Royal recollects for his distracted notions, — which were well shaken out of him by Wilhelmina's Brother afterwards.
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To stare or gape stupidly.
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To stare conspicuously.
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To suck.colloquialvulgar
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A conspicuous or stupid stare or gape; an instance of gawking.
- ... the gawks and gapes of townsfolk as stares of admiration.
- ... the gawks and gapes of those who'd expected him to be long dead,[…]