Definition of Gawped

1. Verb. (British) (past of gawp) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gawped

1. gawp [v] - See also: gawp

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gawped

gawkinesses
gawking
gawkish
gawkishly
gawkishness
gawkishnesses
gawks
gawky
gawm
gawmless
gawn
gawns
gawntree
gawntrees
gawp
gawped (current term)
gawper
gawpers
gawping
gawpingly
gawps
gawpus
gawpuses
gawsie
gawsier
gawsiest
gawsy
gay-feather

Literary usage of Gawped

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

1. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"Alan gawped at it, taking it in, watching his miniature doppelganger, hardly bigger than the thumb it sprouted from, thrash like a worm on a hook. ..."

2. Sharps and Flats by Eugene Field (1900)
"... And a gaudy velvet vest; His eyes were red and wistful, And he gawped a rural stare, Yet, withal, he had a fistful Of the stuff that speeds the mare. I! ..."

3. Kin O' Ktaadn: Verse Stories of the Plain Folk who are Keeping Bright the by Holman Day (1904)
"My boys have gawped on-til each eye stuck out jest like a horn, An' for an hour by the clock they could n't hoe no corn. ..."

4. Nautical Lays of a Landsman by Wallace Irwin (1904)
"Then he gawped at me with a look o' surprise and puzzle, (Is the fish o' the sea afeard o' we or us'ns afeard o' they?) And seem' the anchor hangin' close ..."

5. The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections by Phineas Garrett (1892)
"... an'jes' stood and gawped at Dau'I. The prize hog stopped eatin' his corn, an' there warn'ta rooster crowed—they all knowed if they did they'd drop dead. ..."

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