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gaw en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/ɡɑ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger) /ɡɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation) (Southern-England) audio /ɡɔ/ (General-American) Etymology From Middle English gowen (“to stare”), from Old Norse gá.
Meanings
(obsolete) To gape or stare.
Forms
Deriveds
gawk
Translations (2)
cs zírat (to stare) cs koukat (to stare)
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gaw en · INTJ · etymology 2
Pronunciation
/ɡɑ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger) /ɡɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation) (Southern-England) audio /ɡɔ/ (General-American) Etymology Minced oath for God.
Meanings
An expletive expressing disbelief, disdain, or horror
"Gaw!" he whispered, "I don' like dead bodies some'ow! I'd almost rather that chap was alive." 1907, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “On Goat Island”, in The War in the Air: […], London: George Bell and Sons, published 1908, →OCLC:
Synonyms
get out of town · 'sblood · pfaugh · gorblimey (expressing horror or shock) · Jeebus · feh (expressing disdain) · pooh · pull the other one · Jiminy Cricket · fiddlesticks (expressing disbelief) · pshaw
Translations (3)
fr sacrebleu (expressing disbelief) fr parbleu (expressing disbelief) fr nom d'un chien (expressing disbelief)
Source: en.wiktionary, “gaw” (intj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.