gawp

gɒ:p4 senses · 66 ms

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verb/ɡɔːp//ɡɔp//ɡɑp/

1
To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk.UK
- “I have tickets for the train to New York tonight. Hurry up, Molly! Don’t stand there gawping.”
- The lady looked around to see that there were hundreds of sets of eyes staring back at her. Even the screaming toddlers had momentarily stopped screaming and were gawping.

noun/ɡɔːp//ɡɔp//ɡɑp/

1
A stupefied or amazed stare.UK
- Come in for a gawp at the sweets and pastries that run three rows deep at this rustically contemporary (or contemporarily rustic) cake shop.

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