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单词 gawp
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gawpn.

Brit. /ɡɔːp/, U.S. /ɡɔp/, /ɡɑp/
Forms: Also gaup.
Etymology: < gawp v.
dialect and colloquial.
A fool or simpleton. (See also gawpus n.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > fool, simpleton > [noun]
boinarda1300
daffc1325
goky1377
nicea1393
unwiseman1400
totc1425
alphinc1440
dawc1500
hoddypeak1500
dawpatea1529
hoddypolla1529
noddy1534
kimec1535
coxcomb1542
sheep1542
sheep's head1542
goose1547
dawcock1556
nodgecock1566
peak-goosea1568
hottie tottie?c1570
Tom Towly1582
wittol1588
goose-cap1589
nodgecomb1592
ninny1593
chicken1600
fopdoodle16..
hoddy-noddy1600
hoddy-doddy1601
peagoose1606
fopster1607
nazold1607
nupson1607
wigeon1607
fondrel1613
simpleton1639
pigwidgeon1640
simpletonian1652
Tony1654
nizy1673
Simple Simon?1673
Tom Farthing1674
totty-head1680
cockcomb1684
cod1699
nikin1699
sap-pate1699
simpkin1699
mackninnya1706
gilly-gaupus?1719
noodle1720
sapskull1735
gobbin?1746
Judy1781
zanya1784
spoony1795
sap-head1798
spoon1799
gomerel1814
sap1815
neddy1818
milestone1819
sunket1823
sunketa1825
gawp1825
gawpy1825
gawpus1826
Tomnoddy1826
Sammy1828
tammie norie1828
Tommy1828
gom1834
noodlehead1835
nowmun1854
gum-sucker1855
flat-head1862
peggy1869
noodledum1883
jay1884
toot1888
peanut head1891
simp1903
sappyhead1922
Arkie1927
putz1928
steamer1932
jerk-off1939
drongo1942
galah1945
Charley1946
nong-nong1959
mouth-breather1979
twonk1981
1825–80 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Gaup, a stupid person, other forms are Gaupus, Gaupie. Banffsh.
1926 L. Coutts Lyrics 41 I've affin seen conceit in men But ee're the warst! Ye gawp!
1937 L. A. G. Strong Swift Shadow 155 Standing by like gawps to see bloody murder done.
1960 R. Williams Border Country 95 Country's not going to be run by a lot of young gawps.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gawpv.

Brit. /ɡɔːp/, U.S. /ɡɔp/, /ɡɑp/
Forms: Also 1700s Scottish gap, 1700s–1800s gaup.
Etymology: dialect survival of galp v.
intransitive. To yawn or gape; to gaze in astonishment. to gawp up: to devour. Also = gawk v.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > feel wonder, be amazed [verb (intransitive)] > gaze in wonder
gaurec1374
starea1375
gape1377
to stare like a stuck pig1702
gawp1728
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat voraciously
forswallowOE
gulch?c1225
afretea1350
moucha1350
glop1362
gloup1362
forglut1393
worrya1400
globbec1400
forsling1481
slonk1481
franch1519
gull1530
to eat up1535
to swallow up1535
engorge1541
gulp1542
ramp1542
slosh1548
raven1557
slop1575
yolp1579
devour1586
to throw oneself on1592
paunch1599
tire1599
glut1600
batten1604
frample1606
gobbet1607
to make a (also one's) meal on (also upon)a1616
to make a (also one's) meal of1622
gorge1631
demolish1639
gourmanda1657
guttle1685
to gawp up1728
nyam1790
gamp1805
slummock1808
annihilate1815
gollop1823
punish1825
engulf1829
hog1836
scoff1846
brosier1850
to pack away1855
wolf1861
locust1868
wallop1892
guts1934
murder1935
woof1943
pelicana1953
pig1979
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [verb (intransitive)] > open
yawnc725
ganec1000
gapec1220
galp1377
inhiate1542
gawne1563
gawp1728
yawp1836
1728 A. Ramsay Daft Bargain in Fables & Tales 12 Syne till't he fell, and seem'd richt yap His mealtith quickly up to gawp.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 18 Syk is the nature o' that grot To echoe sae, e'en should there not Be gaupin body on the spot.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 69 ‘He gaup'd and gloor'd at all he saw’, gaped with wonder at new sights.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Gawp, to open eyes and mouth in stupid wonder.
1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow v. 121 The little crowd at the gate gorps and stretches.
1930 R. Campbell Adamastor 43 Funnelled with roaring mouths that gorp like cod.
1952 J. Cannan Body in Beck vii. 134 I'm here to get on with the job, not to gawp at the clients.
1969 J. I. M. Stewart Cucumber Sandwiches 39 He would bring down mediums and other psychically well-accredited persons to gorp and gape at that lake.

Derivatives

ˈgawping n. and adj.
ΚΠ
1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iv. 39 Methought I sat enthroned in the Quire, Where crowds of Choristers my Grace admire; There blest the gawping throng.
1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica 7 This is Sneezing; to which frequently is join'd Gauping or Retching.
1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow i. 19 There he sat stubbornly in his corner at the Red Lion, smoking and musing and occasionally lifting his beer-pot, and saying nothing, for all the world like a gorping farm-labourer.
1942 D. Powell Time to be Born (1943) vii. 175 You sit there gawping at him like some little goon.
1959 J. Burke Echo of Barbara v. 42 Flauntin' yourself before a lot of gawpin' idiots.
1961 J. I. M. Stewart Man who won Pools 81 The budgerigars in the windows..must be gorping at them.

Draft additions 1993

ˈgawper n. one who gawps.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > starer or gazer
gazer1548
starer1600
gogglea1625
stare-about1631
gapera1637
gloater1659
ogler1692
gilly-gaupus?1719
gape-seed1885
gongoozler1904
gawker1951
gawper1965
1965 W. Soyinka Road 11 Do you take me for a common gawper after misery?
1976 J. O'Connor Eleventh Commandment viii. 97 When we arrived at Portsmouth dockyards..the quayside was full of gawpers.
1984 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Mar. 267/3 Gawpers have not hesitated to come and stare.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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