adj
Meaning 1
Awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement.
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
gawky
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɡɔːki/
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rhymes with -ɔːki
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CMU ARPABET: G AO1 K IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Left-handed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Yorkshire
Qualifier: West Riding
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An awkward, ungainly person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
lacking grace in movement or posture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a gawky lad with long ungainly legs
- clumsy fingers
- what an ungainly creature a giraffe is
- heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English gawk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gawky From gawk + -y.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: непохватен (nepohvaten) — awkward, ungainly
- Bulgarian: недодялан (nedodjalan) — awkward, ungainly
- Czech: nemotorný — awkward, ungainly
- Czech: neohrabaný — awkward, ungainly
- Esperanto: mallerta — awkward, ungainly
- Finnish: kömpelö — awkward, ungainly
- Finnish: jäykkä — awkward, ungainly
- French: maladroit — awkward, ungainly
- French: godiche — awkward, ungainly
- Georgian: მოუქნელი (moukneli) — awkward, ungainly
- Georgian: ულაზათო (ulazato) — awkward, ungainly
- Greek: αδέξιος (adéxios) — awkward, ungainly
- Japanese: 鈍臭い (donkusai) — awkward, ungainly
- Romanian: stângaci — awkward, ungainly
- Russian: неуклю́жий (neukljúžij) — awkward, ungainly
- Spanish: insignificante — awkward, ungainly