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gawp

verb

ˈgȯp

Definition of gawp

chiefly British

as in to stare

to look long and hard in wonder or surprise tourists in London gawping at royalty

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Recent Examples of gawp In response, the women maneuvered their craft behind some brush, hiding from the soldiers gawping at them from the bank. — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026 Italian nonne stirred pots full of sauce with a look of utter boredom and, here and there, Neapolitan ragazzi sat atop their motorini and gawped at the torture. — Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026 Day trips to Amalfi-style Taormina are well-advised for those who have yet to gawp at its clifftop panoramas across the Mediterranean or its film star hotels, as are jaunts to the rambling flea markets and splendidly scruffy trattorias of nearby Catania. — Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026 And best of luck finding something else to gawp at on one of the Big Four nets. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Jan. 2025 For others, gawping at the sheer volume and opulence of Ertegun’s stuff is its own illicit thrill, like rifling through the bedroom drawers of a hostess at a dinner party. — The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024 But earlier iterations of the fashion show were often peppered with inappropriate jokes at the models’ expense, with its in-studio audience being largely made up of gawping men. — Tara John, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024 Early in the game, you’re given the ability to slow down time, a power-up that doesn’t just lead to inventive platforming across rapidly moving razor-sharp knives but the opportunity to gawp further at the spectacle. — Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024

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Walking into a room to do some task or other, they’ll get stuck obsessively staring at the door hinges.

— Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
One man, summing up the shock, anger and frustration for everyone, stared straight ahead and at one in particular, gathering up whatever air was left in his lungs and yelled one more f-bomb for good measure.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of stare

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The film opens with Tenzing as a boy, gawking at Mount Everest, which looms across the valley like Godzilla.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Closer still to the falls, the mist is heavy enough to drench the sightseers stopping to gawk at the spectacle from viewing points, or on slippery pathways between the various lookouts.

— Charukesi Ramadurai, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of gawk

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Those who fall short have to be satisfied with simply gazing at the destination from the parking lot.

— Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
But to gaze upon those towering trees from a slow train with a stiff drink in your hand — that’s something else entirely.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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