gaw
- noun
- Offensive
- He had computer equipment still stamped with the department's name on the side, and he had a lot of other gee-gaws, most for processing evidence.
Examples
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Trinkets and gew-gaws what's been handed down through countless generations of Greater Ambrose.
Fiction book (1994) -
Gaw…
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It's like, gaw, gaw, how do you do it?
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This, of course, only increases boredom—once the glitz of the latest gew-gaw wears thin.
Blog text (9) -
Don't be such a gaw; try to pay attention to what's happening around you.
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The group of friends laughed at their silly neighbor, calling him a real gaw.
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She knew he was a gaw when he tripped over his own feet while walking.
Synonyms
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9.9
A person who acts silly or clumsy and makes others laugh
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7.7
A person who behaves awkwardly and seems slow to understand
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9.9
A person who acts foolishly or oddly
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9.9
A man who seems strange or foolish
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9.9
A clumsy person who is slow to understand and often acts foolishly
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9.9
A silly or foolish person used as an Australian insult
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9.9
A loud rude person who acts foolishly
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8.1
A person who is clumsy and often seems not clever
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9.9
A clumsy person who often makes silly mistakes
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9.9
A foolish or awkward person
A silly or socially awkward person who acts foolishly
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gaw is an old dialect form related to gawk and gawky, which give the picture of someone standing open-mouthed and 'awkward'. So a gaw is a 'foolish' or clumsy person.