as in hulk
a big clumsy often slow-witted person
thought that the linebackers were dumb gawks until he got to know them better
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as in to stare
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
couldn't help gawking at the exotically dressed guests in the hotel lobby
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Recent Examples of gawk
Tribune News Service, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2021
People take deep breaths to inhale fresh air, gawk at the wildlife and rock climb.
—NBC News, 24 Mar. 2021
Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
In Park Slope, on 9th Street just past Eighth Avenue, the crowds flowing out of Prospect Park sometimes stop to gawk at a row of oddly whimsical townhouses.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 7 Oct. 2025
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Noun
With its cool look and flashy two-tone color schemes, folks will take gawk at the RAV4 Prime at the stoplight.
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Adelman stopped in to gawk at the scoreboard for a bit, and who knows, maybe to scout for candidates to fill the Nuggets’ 15th roster spot as well.
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Remember the scene in Marvel's The Avengers, when Bruce Banner transformed into the hulk and punched a Chitauri Leviathan in the face, bringing it to a sudden halt?—
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Betty Gilpin as the strong-willed Crete Garfield; Nick Offerman as Chester Arthur, Garfield’s scheming hulk of a vice president; and especially Shea Whigham as Sen. Roscoe Conkling, a New York political boss whose power Garfield wants to circumvent, are magnetic and entertaining.—
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Watch Lottie interact with elk in wholesome moment Video footage recorded by Dewey shows Lottie staring towards the camera as an elk approaches and cautiously walks closer to her.—
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In doing so, the artist grants his subjects newfound interiority, as viewers are invited to convene and gather rather than simply stare.—
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Lined up next to rookie left tackle Josh Simmons and veteran center Creed Humphrey, Suamataia took some lumps in the first two preseason games before settling in for a clean sheet in the third look against the Bears.—
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The cash option is a one-time, lump-sum payment that is equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.—
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By day, visitors can hike, cycle, and view ancient petroglyphs left behind by the area's Indigenous Northern Paiute people, before spending the night gazing up at the twinkling canopy.—
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The carousel included photos of the two romantically gazing into each other's eyes, embracing on the football field, out to dinner together, posing in their Halloween costumes and locking lips on several occasions.—
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So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.—
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Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.—
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Overwhelmingly, though, the most common response was to seek confirmation of their suspicions that Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were morons.—
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There are worse things than watching Black, Rudd, and Zahn play three gormless morons on a mid-life misadventure, but almost every scene and setpiece is constructed with a haphazardness that blunders away their charm.—
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The island represents the periphery of tourism’s slow eastward creep.—
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The applause for blocks, leaves and singles gets louder and meatier as England’s target creeps under 100, but Jacks’ dismissal with 97 still required ends any realistic hope of the unlikeliest of away victories.—
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The ordeal generated local headlines, as Berman had to navigate sheer rocks and treacherous terrain in the dark to save the mutt.—
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Having co-created the eponymous pooch, writer Bob Baker retained some of the rights to the character, but crucially not to the design or his connections to a certain Time Lord — hence the extensive makeover and the lack of references to the metal mutt's adventures in space and time.—
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“Gawk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gawk. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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