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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
gawk .
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Examples
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And everyone, outside of the Salahis, stays home from all the fashion shows and salon parties and just ... gawks.
'Housewives' Nightlife: The state dinner, then stay for dessert Lavanya Ramanathan 2010
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For the man who wants to stand out, but not stick out, there are ways both subtle and bold to inject personality into a suit-and-tie look without prompting gawks from the office peanut gallery.
A More Suitable You Ray A. Smith 2011
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My proposal earned a round of gawks and heavy silence.
Lifted Wendy Toliver 2010
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His t-shirt is tucked into his sweat pants and every time a woman walks by he gawks like a small dog locked in a car.
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My proposal earned a round of gawks and heavy silence.
Lifted Wendy Toliver 2010
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My proposal earned a round of gawks and heavy silence.
Lifted Wendy Toliver 2010
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My proposal earned a round of gawks and heavy silence.
Lifted Wendy Toliver 2010
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Stillman and Hawkins were among the first Caucasians ever to visit Malan; * they were the target of stares and gawks by the long-time residents of that enclave.
'The Nuclear Express: A Political History Of The Bomb and Its Proliferation' 2009
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Araceli González saunters across the set in pale pink pumps and a matching silk robe, chatting amiably with her assistant and garnering gawks from the grips.
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You can follow the exchange here, if you like, and thrill to them yelling about ANWR, bragging about their exploits, issuing snarky commentary, all while a nation of Twits looks on and gawks, or adds their own noise.
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