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1 gawp
tr[gɔːp]1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL mirar boquiabierto,-agɔːpintransitive verb (BrE colloq) gawk[ɡɔːp]VI (Brit) = gawk 2.* * *[gɔːp]intransitive verb (BrE colloq) gawk -
2 gawp
v.mirar estúpidamente, papar moscas.vi.quedarse papando moscas (familiar) (pt & pp gawped) -
3 to gawp at
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4 gawk
adj.desmañado.s.1 páparo, bobo.2 cuclillo. (Escocia)3 birria, bobo, persona buena para nada, chabacano.v.1 hacer el tonto.2 mirar embobado.3 mirar de forma impertinente.4 mirar estúpidamente, papar moscas.5 obrar como majadero. -> gawp (pt & pp gawked)
См. также в других словарях:
gawp — [go:p US go:p] v [i]BrE informal [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps from gape] to look at something for a long time, especially with your mouth open because you are surprised →↑gape gawp at ▪ I was carried out on a stretcher, with everyone gawping … Dictionary of contemporary English
gawp´er — gawp «gp», intransitive verb. to gape or yawn; stare with the mouth open. Also, gaup. ╂[dialectal variant of obsolete galp] –gawp´er, noun … Useful english dictionary
gawp — /gawp/, v.i. Chiefly Northern U.S. to stare with the mouth open in wonder or astonishment; gape: Crowds stood gawping at the disabled ship. Also, gaup. [1720 30; Brit. dial., continuing obs. galp, ME galpen, perh. b. MD galpen to yawn and ME… … Universalium
gawp — “fool, simpleton,” 1825, perhaps from the verb meaning “to yawn, gape” (as in astonishment), which is attested from 1680s, a dialectal survival of galp (c.1300), which is related to yelp or gape … Etymology dictionary
gawp — ► VERB Brit. informal ▪ stare openly in a stupid or rude manner. DERIVATIVES gawper noun. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of GAPE(Cf. ↑gaper) … English terms dictionary
gawp — [gôp] vi. [dial., altered < ME galpen, to yawn, gape] Slang to stare open mouthed; gawk or gape … English World dictionary
gawp — [[t]gɔ͟ːp[/t]] gawps, gawping, gawped VERB To gawp means the same as to gawk. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V at n] At weekends the roads are jammed with holidaymakers coming to gawp at the parade... Thorpe could only stand and gawp … English dictionary
gawp — UK [ɡɔːp] / US [ɡɔp] verb [intransitive] Word forms gawp : present tense I/you/we/they gawp he/she/it gawps present participle gawping past tense gawped past participle gawped British informal to look at someone or something for a long time,… … English dictionary
gawp — intransitive verb Etymology: English dialect gawp to yawn, gape, from obsolete galp, from Middle English Date: 1855 chiefly British gawk • gawper noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
gawp — /gɔp/ (say gawp) verb (i) (sometimes followed by at) to look at something wonderingly or stupidly: I stood there gawping. {British dialect, from Middle English galpen gape} –gawper, noun …
gawp — verb To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk … Wiktionary