gawp
(British) A stupefied or amazed stare.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(British) A stupefied or amazed stare.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
(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.”
Origin: Variation of gape. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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“😬 They are an incredibly nosey family. I should say families, there's the parents in the one house, and their daughter and children in the other. All of them love to gawp at anything. I'd put a fence up but it's too costly.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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