Gawk

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

gawk
    n 1: an awkward stupid person [syn: {lout}, {clod},
         {stumblebum}, {goon}, {oaf}, {lubber}, {lummox}, {lump},
         {gawk}]
    v 1: look with amazement; look stupidly [syn: {goggle}, {gape},
         {gawp}, {gawk}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gawk \Gawk\ (g[add]k), n. [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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A simpleton; a booby; a gawky. --Carlyle.
      [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gawk \Gawk\, v. i.
   1. To act like a gawky.
      [1913 Webster]

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

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

gawk
GNU awk

   <tool, language> {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 V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

GAWK
       GNU AWK (GNU, AWK)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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