Definition of Gawked

1. Verb. (past of gawk) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gawked

1. gawk [v] - See also: gawk

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gawked

gavots
gavotte
gavotted
gavottes
gavotting
gavver
gavvers
gawbies
gawby
gawcier
gawciest
gawcy
gawd
gawds
gawk
gawked (current term)
gawker
gawkers
gawkers' block
gawkier
gawkies
gawkiest
gawkily
gawkiness
gawkinesses
gawking
gawkish
gawkishly
gawkishness
gawkishnesses

Literary usage of Gawked

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

1. The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane (1900)
"He gawked in the direction of the fight. Presently he proceeded again on his forward way. The battle was like the grinding of an immense and terrible ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1872)
"These came down, and stared and gawked, and picked up bits of singed spars, and so on, and laid down the law to one another, and fought for the relies, ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"1. Gleeful, blithe, lively, sprightly, light-hearted, jolly, hilarious.—3. Bright, brilliant, dashing. We gawked around, a-lookin' at all the outside shows. ..."

4. Wool-gathering by Gail Hamilton (1867)
"Well," said he, " I walked all around him and gawked at him, and I did n't see 's there was much in him!" Is not there a picture for your mind's eye, ..."

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