gowk noun & verb.
[gaʊk] Orig. & chiefly
Scot. &
north. ME.[Old Norse gaukr = Old English ġēac, Old Frisian, Old Saxon gāk, Old High German gouh (German Gauch cuckoo, fool) from Germanic, of imit. origin.]A. noun.
1. A cuckoo.
ME.2. A fool; a halfwitted or awkward person.
L16.■ L. G. Gibbon He would stand staring like a gowk for minutes on end.b. verb intrans. Stare foolishly.
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