to gawp

Examples

• All

• Don't sit there gawping.

  Force 10 from Navarone (1978)

• Don't stand there gawping... ...like you've never seen the hand of God before!

  Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

• You gonna sit there gawping at me all day?

  The Rise of the Krays (2015)

• Stand there gawping like a fish?

  Twist (2021)

• The drunk gawped at her.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Well, don't just stand there gawping, Number Two.

  Muppets Most Wanted (2014)

• You're not paid to stand gawping all day.

  Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)

• Well, don't just stand there gawping.

  A Few Best Men (2011)

• So, I will thank you to stop gawping at me as though I was something unpleasant you'd found in your handkerchief.

  Wonka (2023)

• And Istanbul's Spice Bazaar is tailor-made for gawping.

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Synonyms

G

to gawk

vsto gawp

• Informal

27 6.1

To stare openly at a person or thing because you feel surprised

is the general term for open rude or foolish staring

G

to gape

vsto gawp

14 3.8

To look with your mouth open in surprise or wonder

is similar but is broader, not limited to open mouth posture

G

to gawk at

vsto gawp

• Informal

12 6.3

To stare openly in a rude or surprised way

is similar but focuses on the act directed at someone or something

G

to goggle

vsto gawp

2 6.1

To look with eyes wide open because you are surprised

is similar but covers general open staring beyond wide-eyed looks

G

to gaw

vsto gawp

• Archaic

1 9.9

To stare openly because you are surprised or curious

is the same action but is less marked as dialectal in use

C

to couldn't help but gawk

vsto gawp

• Informal

8.2

To be unable to stop yourself from staring in a rude or amazed way

is the same staring action but without the involuntary inability

Antonyms

I

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

How Much

to goggle

2 6.1

to stare

∞ 1.0

to gawp

• UK

2 9.1

to gaze

170 2.6

look

∞ 1.0

glance

222 1.4

Surface Forms

Etymology