Definition of gawp in English:

gawp

verb ɡɔːpɡɔp

[no object]British informal

Stare openly in a stupid or rude manner.
〈英，非正式〉（愚蠢地或无礼地）盯视
what are you gawping at?
你直瞪瞪地看什么呢？
Example sentencesExamples
- Tentatively, I ventured out, then realised that half the neighbourhood was standing around gawping.
- It is more than possible to breast-feed discreetly anyway, so anyone who finds it such an unpleasant sight should simply stop gawping.
- With the arrival of summer I have seen the increasing numbers of people using the Lancaster cycleway, gawping at the Millenium Bridge and strolling along the beautiful quayside.
- When I sit down, I am surrounded by dozens of people, staring and gawping.
- Those who weren't gawping at me were staring at the floor.
- I found myself glued to the spot, gawping at a specially commissioned video installation.
- We all watch the same TV shows, gawp at the same handful of celebrities, hanker after the same soft furnishings and hardwood floors.
- Outside the sun was shining and so I wandered off to Bath Place to gawp at the quaint little shops and to watch people.
- We have so many tourist attractions that we had to put some underground to keep them secret, but still they flock to gawp at Gaping Gill.
- But to my surprise, the futuristic seats don't actually spin round; we end up hunched awkwardly over the flashing armrests, gawping around and discussing the curious venue.
- While you chomp sardines and gawp at a view that is surely more impressive than your living room, the kids are right in front of you, feet away on the sand.
- In the park below, walkers gazed up at us and gawped.
- The reader gawps, in turns amused and appalled, at an enthralling variety bill of Victorians and Social Gospellers.
- Don't get your hopes up because you don't get to see much from your free low-level passage, just a few ruminants, some birds and a lot of homo sapiens wandering around gawping at animals you can't see.
- They'd swim around their tank all day, occasionally gawping open-mouthed through the glass before going off on another circuit of nothingness.
- We ship him over to Norway and watch as they decorate him with lights and gawp at him for a month or so, then in early January they can chuck him on a fire.
- I remember many years ago, sitting with my mother and brother, in front of a roaring coal fire, gawping at a black and white tube, mesmerised by the likes of Cagney, Bogart, & Hepburn.
- The house was knocked down years ago, but ghoulish coach tours still pull up in the street to gawp at the spot.
- There were lots of people in the shops and bars gawping at what was going on.
- He would sit in the centre of the grass, gaping and gawping, while the parent birds rushed back and forth to find nourishing grubs and suitable insects to stuff down his throat.
Synonyms
glance, gaze, stare, gape, peer, fix one's gaze, focus

Derivatives

gawper

noun

British

informal

Most of the gawpers seem to be local men with bad dental work.
Example sentencesExamples
- Meanwhile, giving up trying again to clear the Vicar Lane pavement of gawpers, they lowered all the blinds.
- Above the gawpers clustered outside the Palace an aeroplane is skywriting a message.
- And when you come up, 474 pages later, it is still with you, this ‘cloud of witnesses’, among the rescuers and family members, the gawpers.
- How was I supposed to know we were going to end up at the centre of a crowd of gawpers?

Origin

Late 17th century: perhaps an alteration of gape.

Rhymes

dorp, scaup, scorp, Thorpe, warp, whaup, yawp

Definition of gawp in US English:

gawp

verbɡôpɡɔp

[no object]British informal

Stare openly in a stupid or rude manner.
〈英，非正式〉（愚蠢地或无礼地）盯视
what are you gawping at?
你直瞪瞪地看什么呢？
Example sentencesExamples
- I found myself glued to the spot, gawping at a specially commissioned video installation.
- While you chomp sardines and gawp at a view that is surely more impressive than your living room, the kids are right in front of you, feet away on the sand.
- We all watch the same TV shows, gawp at the same handful of celebrities, hanker after the same soft furnishings and hardwood floors.
- I remember many years ago, sitting with my mother and brother, in front of a roaring coal fire, gawping at a black and white tube, mesmerised by the likes of Cagney, Bogart, & Hepburn.
- There were lots of people in the shops and bars gawping at what was going on.
- He would sit in the centre of the grass, gaping and gawping, while the parent birds rushed back and forth to find nourishing grubs and suitable insects to stuff down his throat.
- Don't get your hopes up because you don't get to see much from your free low-level passage, just a few ruminants, some birds and a lot of homo sapiens wandering around gawping at animals you can't see.
- They'd swim around their tank all day, occasionally gawping open-mouthed through the glass before going off on another circuit of nothingness.
- Those who weren't gawping at me were staring at the floor.
- When I sit down, I am surrounded by dozens of people, staring and gawping.
- In the park below, walkers gazed up at us and gawped.
- Tentatively, I ventured out, then realised that half the neighbourhood was standing around gawping.
- With the arrival of summer I have seen the increasing numbers of people using the Lancaster cycleway, gawping at the Millenium Bridge and strolling along the beautiful quayside.
- We ship him over to Norway and watch as they decorate him with lights and gawp at him for a month or so, then in early January they can chuck him on a fire.
- The house was knocked down years ago, but ghoulish coach tours still pull up in the street to gawp at the spot.
- Outside the sun was shining and so I wandered off to Bath Place to gawp at the quaint little shops and to watch people.
- We have so many tourist attractions that we had to put some underground to keep them secret, but still they flock to gawp at Gaping Gill.
- It is more than possible to breast-feed discreetly anyway, so anyone who finds it such an unpleasant sight should simply stop gawping.
- But to my surprise, the futuristic seats don't actually spin round; we end up hunched awkwardly over the flashing armrests, gawping around and discussing the curious venue.
- The reader gawps, in turns amused and appalled, at an enthralling variety bill of Victorians and Social Gospellers.
Synonyms
glance, gaze, stare, gape, peer, fix one's gaze, focus

Origin

Late 17th century: perhaps an alteration of gape.

词汇	gawp
释义	Definition of gawp in English: gawp verb ɡɔːpɡɔp [no object]British informal Stare openly in a stupid or rude manner. 〈英，非正式〉（愚蠢地或无礼地）盯视 what are you gawping at? 你直瞪瞪地看什么呢？ Example sentencesExamples Tentatively, I ventured out, then realised that half the neighbourhood was standing around gawping. It is more than possible to breast-feed discreetly anyway, so anyone who finds it such an unpleasant sight should simply stop gawping. With the arrival of summer I have seen the increasing numbers of people using the Lancaster cycleway, gawping at the Millenium Bridge and strolling along the beautiful quayside. When I sit down, I am surrounded by dozens of people, staring and gawping. Those who weren't gawping at me were staring at the floor. I found myself glued to the spot, gawping at a specially commissioned video installation. We all watch the same TV shows, gawp at the same handful of celebrities, hanker after the same soft furnishings and hardwood floors. Outside the sun was shining and so I wandered off to Bath Place to gawp at the quaint little shops and to watch people. We have so many tourist attractions that we had to put some underground to keep them secret, but still they flock to gawp at Gaping Gill. But to my surprise, the futuristic seats don't actually spin round; we end up hunched awkwardly over the flashing armrests, gawping around and discussing the curious venue. While you chomp sardines and gawp at a view that is surely more impressive than your living room, the kids are right in front of you, feet away on the sand. In the park below, walkers gazed up at us and gawped. The reader gawps, in turns amused and appalled, at an enthralling variety bill of Victorians and Social Gospellers. Don't get your hopes up because you don't get to see much from your free low-level passage, just a few ruminants, some birds and a lot of homo sapiens wandering around gawping at animals you can't see. They'd swim around their tank all day, occasionally gawping open-mouthed through the glass before going off on another circuit of nothingness. We ship him over to Norway and watch as they decorate him with lights and gawp at him for a month or so, then in early January they can chuck him on a fire. I remember many years ago, sitting with my mother and brother, in front of a roaring coal fire, gawping at a black and white tube, mesmerised by the likes of Cagney, Bogart, & Hepburn. The house was knocked down years ago, but ghoulish coach tours still pull up in the street to gawp at the spot. There were lots of people in the shops and bars gawping at what was going on. He would sit in the centre of the grass, gaping and gawping, while the parent birds rushed back and forth to find nourishing grubs and suitable insects to stuff down his throat. Synonyms glance, gaze, stare, gape, peer, fix one's gaze, focus Derivatives gawper noun British informal Most of the gawpers seem to be local men with bad dental work. Example sentencesExamples Meanwhile, giving up trying again to clear the Vicar Lane pavement of gawpers, they lowered all the blinds. Above the gawpers clustered outside the Palace an aeroplane is skywriting a message. And when you come up, 474 pages later, it is still with you, this ‘cloud of witnesses’, among the rescuers and family members, the gawpers. How was I supposed to know we were going to end up at the centre of a crowd of gawpers? Origin Late 17th century: perhaps an alteration of gape. Rhymes dorp, scaup, scorp, Thorpe, warp, whaup, yawp Definition of gawp in US English: gawp verbɡôpɡɔp [no object]British informal Stare openly in a stupid or rude manner. 〈英，非正式〉（愚蠢地或无礼地）盯视 what are you gawping at? 你直瞪瞪地看什么呢？ Example sentencesExamples I found myself glued to the spot, gawping at a specially commissioned video installation. While you chomp sardines and gawp at a view that is surely more impressive than your living room, the kids are right in front of you, feet away on the sand. We all watch the same TV shows, gawp at the same handful of celebrities, hanker after the same soft furnishings and hardwood floors. I remember many years ago, sitting with my mother and brother, in front of a roaring coal fire, gawping at a black and white tube, mesmerised by the likes of Cagney, Bogart, & Hepburn. There were lots of people in the shops and bars gawping at what was going on. He would sit in the centre of the grass, gaping and gawping, while the parent birds rushed back and forth to find nourishing grubs and suitable insects to stuff down his throat. Don't get your hopes up because you don't get to see much from your free low-level passage, just a few ruminants, some birds and a lot of homo sapiens wandering around gawping at animals you can't see. They'd swim around their tank all day, occasionally gawping open-mouthed through the glass before going off on another circuit of nothingness. Those who weren't gawping at me were staring at the floor. When I sit down, I am surrounded by dozens of people, staring and gawping. In the park below, walkers gazed up at us and gawped. Tentatively, I ventured out, then realised that half the neighbourhood was standing around gawping. With the arrival of summer I have seen the increasing numbers of people using the Lancaster cycleway, gawping at the Millenium Bridge and strolling along the beautiful quayside. We ship him over to Norway and watch as they decorate him with lights and gawp at him for a month or so, then in early January they can chuck him on a fire. The house was knocked down years ago, but ghoulish coach tours still pull up in the street to gawp at the spot. Outside the sun was shining and so I wandered off to Bath Place to gawp at the quaint little shops and to watch people. We have so many tourist attractions that we had to put some underground to keep them secret, but still they flock to gawp at Gaping Gill. It is more than possible to breast-feed discreetly anyway, so anyone who finds it such an unpleasant sight should simply stop gawping. But to my surprise, the futuristic seats don't actually spin round; we end up hunched awkwardly over the flashing armrests, gawping around and discussing the curious venue. The reader gawps, in turns amused and appalled, at an enthralling variety bill of Victorians and Social Gospellers. Synonyms glance, gaze, stare, gape, peer, fix one's gaze, focus Origin Late 17th century: perhaps an alteration of gape.
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