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gawk
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???k/
- Rhymes: -??k
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /??k/
Etymology 1
From a variant of gowk, from Middle English gowke, goke, from Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”). Cognate with Danish gøg, Swedish gök, German Gauch, Old English ??ac. More at yeke.
Compare also French gauche, and English gawky and gallock.
Noun
gawk (plural gawks)
- A cuckoo.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- A fool; a simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person.
- 1855 Thomas Carlyle, The Prinzenraub, Westminster Review
- A Duke of Weissenfels, for instance; foolish old gawk, whom Wilhehnina Princess Royal recollects for his distracted notions, — which were well shaken out of him by Wilhelmina's Brother afterwards.
- 1855 Thomas Carlyle, The Prinzenraub, Westminster Review
Translations
Etymology 2
Perhaps from English dialectal gaw (“to stare; gawk”) +? -k, as in talk, stalk, etc., ultimately from Old Norse gá (“to heed”).
Verb
gawk (third-person singular simple present gawks, present participle gawking, simple past and past participle gawked)
- To stare or gape stupidly.
- To stare conspicuously.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stare
Derived terms
- gawker
Translations
References
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explore
English
Etymology
From Middle French explorer, from Latin expl?r?re (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (“out”) + pl?r?re (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (“to flow”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?ksplô?, IPA(key): /?k?spl??/
- (General American) enPR: ?ksplôr?, IPA(key): /?k?spl??/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ?kspl?r?, IPA(key): /?k?splo(?)?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?k?splo?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Hyphenation: ex?plore
Verb
explore (third-person singular simple present explores, present participle exploring, simple past and past participle explored)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To seek for something or after someone.
- (transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
- (transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
- (intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.
- (transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.
- (intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
- (intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
- (transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
Synonyms
- (examine or investigate systematically): delve into, research
Derived terms
- explorer
Related terms
- exploration
- explorative
- exploratory
Translations
Noun
explore (plural explores)
- (colloquial) An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.
- 2008, John Watters, Bonza Voyage
- Daylight was fading quickly, but I was still keen to have a little explore of the town and beach.
- 2008, John Watters, Bonza Voyage
French
Verb
explore
- first-person singular present indicative of explorer
- third-person singular present indicative of explorer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of explorer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of explorer
- second-person singular imperative of explorer
Portuguese
Verb
explore
- first-person singular present subjunctive of explorar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of explorar
- first-person singular imperative of explorar
- third-person singular imperative of explorar
Spanish
Verb
explore
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of explorar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of explorar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of explorar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of explorar.
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