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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Gawk \Gawk\ (g[add]k), noun [OE. gok, gowk, cuckoo, fool, Icel. gaukr cuckoo; akin to OHG. gouh, G. gauch cuckoo, fool, AS. g['e]ac cuckoo, Sw. g["o]k, Dan. gi["o]g]

1. A cuckoo. --Johnson.

2. A simpleton; a booby; a gawky. --Carlyle.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Gawk \Gawk\, verb (used without an object)

1. To act like a gawky.

2. To stare with empty-minded fascination; to stare stupidly; to gape; -- usually used with at. [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

gawk

noun

1: an awkward stupid person [syn: {lout}, {clod}, {stumblebum}, {goon}, {oaf}, {lubber}, {lummox}, {lump}]

verb

1: look with amazement; look stupidly [syn: {goggle}, {gape}, {gawp}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

83 Moby Thesaurus words for "gawk": ass, be amazed, be astonished, be curious, blockhead, blunderer, blunderhead, boor, bore, botcher, bumbler, bumpkin, bungler, burn with curiosity, churl, clod, clodhopper, clodknocker, clot, clown, crane, crane the neck, dig around for, dig up, dolt, dunderhead, dunderpate, eye, fool, fumbler, galoot, gape, gaup, gawky, gaze, gaze open-mouthed, glare, gloat, goggle, gowk, hayseed, hick, ignoramus, inquire, interrogate, klutz, lobster, looby, look, lout, lubber, lug, lummox, lump, marvel, ninny, nose around for, nose out, oaf, ogle, ox, palooka, peer, query, question, quiz, rubber, rubberneck, rube, seek, simpleton, slouch, slubberer, stand aghast, stand on tiptoe, stare, stare at, stare down, stare hard, stare openmouthed, want to know, wonder, yokel

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

gawk {GNU} {awk}. Gawk is a superset of standard awk and includes some {Plan 9} features. David Trueman and Arnold Robbins of {Georgia Institute of Technology} were developing it in 1993. It has been ported to {Unix}, {MS-DOS}, {Macintosh}, and {Archimedes}. Latest version: 2.15.3, as of 1993-11-08. Available by {FTP} from your nearest {GNU archive site}. {Mac version (ftp://archive.umich.edu/mac/utilities/developerhelps/macgawk2.11.cpt.hqx)}. (2000-10-21)

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

GAWK GNU AWK (GNU, AWK)

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