What does gawp mean?
Gawp means (chiefly British) To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk..
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/ɡɔːp/ · verb
(chiefly British) To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk..
“I have tickets for the train to New York tonight. Hurry up, Molly! Don’t stand there gawping.”
The lady looked around to see that there were hundreds of sets of eyes staring back at her. Even the screaming toddlers had momentarily stopped screaming and were gawping.
Come in for a gawp at the sweets and pastries that run three rows deep at this rustically contemporary (or contemporarily rustic) cake shop.
Use gawp when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gawp means (chiefly British) To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk..
Common synonyms include gawk, gape, goggle.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“I have tickets for the train to New York tonight. Hurry up, Molly! Don’t stand there gawping.”
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