Gowk vs Gowl - What's the difference?
gowk | gowl |
(Northern England, Scotland) A cuckoo.
A fool.
* 1816 , , Old Mortality , ch. 8:
* 1976 , , Falstaff :
As verbs the difference between gowk and gowl
is that gowk is to make foolish; to stupefy while gowl is (obsolete) to weep angrily; to howl.As a noun gowk
is (northern england|scotland) a cuckoo.gowk
English
Noun
(s)- "Ill-fard, crazy, crack-brained gowk , that she is!" exclaimed the housekeeper.
- God has sent me gowks for secretaries.