noun
Meaning 1
Someone who gawks; someone who stares stupidly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gawker
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Pronunciation
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rhymes with -ɔːkə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: G AA1 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English gawk Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English gawker From gawk + -er.