gawkish

gawkish
gawk·ish

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  • gawkish — gawk ► VERB ▪ stare openly and stupidly. ► NOUN ▪ an awkward or shy person. DERIVATIVES gawker noun gawkish adjective. ORIGIN perhaps related to obsolete gaw to gaze , from an Old Norse word meaning heed …   English terms dictionary

  • gawkish — adjective Date: 1840 gawky • gawkishly adverb • gawkishness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • gawkish — adj. awkward, clumsy …   English contemporary dictionary

  • gawkish — …   Useful english dictionary

  • gawkishly — adverb see gawkish …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • gawkishness — noun see gawkish …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Malakas — For the character in Tagalog mythology, see Philippine mythology#Creation stories. Malakas (Greek: μαλάκας) is a Greek slang word, whose literal translation is wanker but the usage of the term varies. Common alternative meanings include arsehole… …   Wikipedia

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  • gawky — gawkily, gawkishly, adv. gawkiness, gawkishness, n. /gaw kee/, adj., gawkier, gawkiest. awkward; ungainly; clumsy. Also, gawkish /gaw kish/. [1715 25; GAWK + Y1] * * * …   Universalium

  • all thumbs — Synonyms and related words: awkward, blunderheaded, blundering, boorish, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, careless, clownish, clumsy, clumsy fisted, cumbersome, fingers all thumbs, fumbling, gauche, gawkish, gawky, graceless, ham fisted, ham… …   Moby Thesaurus

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