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Gawd vs Gawk - What's the difference?

gawd | gawk |

As nouns the difference between gawd and gawk

is that gawd is eye dialect of god while gawk is a cuckoo.

As a proper noun Gawd

is eye dialect of God.

As a verb gawk is

to stare or gape stupidly.

gawd

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (humorous)

    • Anagrams

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    gawk

    English

    Etymology 1

    From a variant of gowk, from (etyl) gowke, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a cuckoo
    • (Johnson)
  • a fool
    • (Carlyle)

    Etymology 2

    A Middle-Appalachian Americanism, since late 1800s, possibly misconstruing French "gauche," and leading to use of adj gawky for a person or process that is uncoordinated or awkward.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a simpleton, stupid or clumsy person.

    • Etymology 3

    Perhaps from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To stare or gape stupidly
  • To stare conspicuously.

    • References

    Appalachian English