gawp

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  1. intransitive verb Chiefly British To gawk.

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  • The villeins who had come to gawp were well content with all there was to gawp at. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 01 - January 2000
  • His double take turned into a full on gawp, and Bill had to subtly lift the man's chin before he drew too much ire from the women Bill stepped up to the bar. —  AnalogSFF,September2007
  • People gawp and are astonished by acts of stupidity. —  TEAMtalk Football News
  • When you're out walking and hiking, don't gawp at the farmers carrying pitchforks - chances are they are simply baling hay rather than hunting old Vladimir. shepherdvillage. ro, from £120pp per week. —  The Guardian World News
  • And that's pretty much all the science you're going to hear, because it's time to gawp at the big guys (and gals) again. —  TV Scoop
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  1. Variant of obsolete galp, to gawk, gape, of unknown origin.

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  1. Also gaup, a variant of gape, q. v.
  2. Scots, also gowp = English gulp, q. v.
 

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