Dictionary

gawp en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɡɔːp/ (UK)
• /ɡɔp/ (US)
• /ɡɑp/ (cot-caught-merger)
• gôp (UK)

Etymology

Variation of gape.

Meanings

1. (UK) A stupefied or amazed stare.
   • Come in for a gawp at the sweets and pastries that run three rows deep at this rustically contemporary (or contemporarily rustic) cake shop. 2019, The Rough Guide to South America on a Budget:

Forms

gawp en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɡɔːp/ (UK)
• /ɡɔp/ (US)
• /ɡɑp/ (cot-caught-merger)
• gôp (UK)

Etymology

Variation of gape.

Meanings

1. (UK) To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk.
   • “I have tickets for the train to New York tonight. Hurry up, Molly! Don’t stand there gawping.” 1961, John Steinbeck, Molly Morgan:
   • 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. 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

gawper