Definition of Gauping

1. gaup [v] - See also: gaup

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gauping

gauntleting
gauntlets
gauntletted
gauntly
gauntness
gauntnesses
gauntree
gauntrees
gauntries
gauntry
gaunts
gaup
gauped
gauper
gaupers
gauping (current term)
gaupped
gauppin
gaups
gaupus
gaupuses
gaur
gaurantee
gaurs
gaus
gause
gauses
gauss
gausses
gaussian

Literary usage of Gauping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1821)
"... betwixt her vision and the full moon — " Snuff that candle there; can na ye snuff it, callant, an no stan' gauping in my face like a glcd o'er gone ! ..."

2. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1889)
"What art thee gauping at, thee gowk ? Can'st thee not speak ? What dost thee want ? ' she said sharply, only seeing a tall man'.- figure in the gloom. ..."

3. A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use: With Their Etymology, and by John Trotter Brockett (1829)
"... silly, ignorant, vacant, stupid. GAUP, to stare vacantly. " What are ye gauping at, ye gowk ? ..."

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