Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See gowk.
Examples
“Ye bried [127] of the gouk [128], ye have not a rhyme [129] but ane.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gouk’.
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Bird Wirds: Sundry Nicknames
A list of birders' "shorthand" names, traditional nicknames, non-English names, and obsolete names for feathered creatures worldwide.
Interesting blog entry here on naming U.S. birds.welsh ambassador, goatsucker, french magpie, timberdoodle, butterbutt, popinjay, logcock, old cranky, long john, sprog, butterbum, wedgie and 697 more...
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Dr. Jamieson's Birds
A rich list of Scottish bird (nick)names and related terms cited in Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841.
stone-chatter, clocharet, bowger, coulter-neb, branchers, brissel-cock, turkey-cock, brongie, bubblyjock, polliecock, bullfit, bullfrench and 220 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for gouk.
hernesheir The cuckoo; the gowk. May 19, 2011