As verbs the difference between tawks and gawks
is that tawks is (tawk) while gawks is (gawk).
tawks
English
Verb
(head)
(tawk)
tawk
English
gawks
English
Verb
(head)
(gawk)
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.