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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GAWP

Galpen; probably related to Old English gielpan to boast, yelp. Compare Dutch galpen to yelp.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GAWP

gawp  [ɡɔːp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GAWP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gawp is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb gawp in English.

WHAT DOES GAWP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of gawp in the English dictionary

The definition of gawp in the dictionary is often foll by at to stare stupidly; gape.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GAWP

PRESENT

Present
I gawp
you gawp
he/she/it gawps
we gawp
you gawp
they gawp
Present continuous
I am gawping
you are gawping
he/she/it is gawping
we are gawping
you are gawping
they are gawping
Present perfect
I have gawped
you have gawped
he/she/it has gawped
we have gawped
you have gawped
they have gawped
Present perfect continuous
I have been gawping
you have been gawping
he/she/it has been gawping
we have been gawping
you have been gawping
they have been gawping
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I gawped
you gawped
he/she/it gawped
we gawped
you gawped
they gawped
Past continuous
I was gawping
you were gawping
he/she/it was gawping
we were gawping
you were gawping
they were gawping
Past perfect
I had gawped
you had gawped
he/she/it had gawped
we had gawped
you had gawped
they had gawped
Past perfect continuous
I had been gawping
you had been gawping
he/she/it had been gawping
we had been gawping
you had been gawping
they had been gawping
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will gawp
you will gawp
he/she/it will gawp
we will gawp
you will gawp
they will gawp
Future continuous
I will be gawping
you will be gawping
he/she/it will be gawping
we will be gawping
you will be gawping
they will be gawping
Future perfect
I will have gawped
you will have gawped
he/she/it will have gawped
we will have gawped
you will have gawped
they will have gawped
Future perfect continuous
I will have been gawping
you will have been gawping
he/she/it will have been gawping
we will have been gawping
you will have been gawping
they will have been gawping
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would gawp
you would gawp
he/she/it would gawp
we would gawp
you would gawp
they would gawp
Conditional continuous
I would be gawping
you would be gawping
he/she/it would be gawping
we would be gawping
you would be gawping
they would be gawping
Conditional perfect
I would have gawp
you would have gawp
he/she/it would have gawp
we would have gawp
you would have gawp
they would have gawp
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been gawping
you would have been gawping
he/she/it would have been gawping
we would have been gawping
you would have been gawping
they would have been gawping
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you gawp
we let´s gawp
you gawp
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to gawp
Past participle
gawped
Present Participle
gawping
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GAWP


Australorp
ˈɒstrəˌlɔːp
caup
kɔːp
dorp
dɔːp
gaup
ɡɔːp
jaup
dʒɔːp
Krugersdorp
ˈkruːɡəzˌdɔːp
mouldwarp
ˈməʊldˌwɔːp
mouldywarp
ˈməʊldɪˌwɔːp
octothorp
ˈɒktəˌθɔːp
Oglethorpe
ˈəʊɡəlˌθɔːp
scaup
skɔːp
Scunthorpe
ˈskʌnˌθɔːp
thorp
θɔːp
Thorpe
θɔːp
warp
wɔːp
whaup
wɔːp
yaup
jɔːp
yawp
jɔːp
yorp
jɔːp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GAWP

gawk
gawker
gawkier
gawkiest
gawkihood
gawkily
gawkiness
gawkish
gawkishly
gawkishness
gawky
gawper
gawpus
gay
Gay Gordons
gay-friendly
Gay-Lussac
Gay-Lussac´s law
Gaya
gayal

WORDS THAT END LIKE GAWP

cowp
lowp
scowp
scrawp
sowp
stowp
twp

Synonyms and antonyms of gawp in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gawp» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GAWP

Find out the translation of gawp to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gawp from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gawp» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

gawp
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gawp
570 millions of speakers

English

gawp
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gawp
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

gawp
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

глазеть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gawp
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gawp
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gawp
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gawp
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gawp
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

gawp
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

gawp
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gawp
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gawp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

gawp
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गॅप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bön bön bakmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gawp
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gawp
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

витріщатися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gawp
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χάσκω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gawp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gawp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gawp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gawp

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GAWP»

The term «gawp» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.996 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GAWP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gawp

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAWP»

Discover the use of gawp in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gawp and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Titus and Roni
“You stop, Brian, and you just gawp. There's no other word, no other expression for it: you just gawp. And it's like you've found Valhalla, Brian. Valhalla: that's the warrior's resting-place, no? And you gawp, Brian, and you gawp and you gawp.
Gregory Dark, 2010
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Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds
Hagrid, fearing that he will be sacked, brings Harry, Ron, and Hermione to the forest and introduces them to his giant brother, Gawp. Gawp does not know his own strength and is responsible for the injuries visible on Hagrid's face. Hagrid ...
Margaret Bald, 2006
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Yks.'. e.YksJ, n1.\'ks.' w.Yks. lluuuut gawp abeawt soa won, or foaks ull think theawr'ta foo- ll.l. ); l'llouEquLr/I. (1703); w.l1'lcs.“"'5 Lan. lle gawped reannd \\'i' 0 his e'en, C1 1:01; Ski-trims ( 1895- 44; Land. e.l..an.l Chs.I What are ye gawpin at ?
Joseph Wright
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German/English Dictionary of Idioms
... von Mund zu Munde. lnnnerhalb von 24 Stunden sprach man im ganzen Land davon. Mund und Nase aufsperrenlaufreißen sal - den Mund aufsperren - to gape, to gawp, to goggle, to open one's mouth and nostrils wide para ...
Hans Schemann, 2013
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Ripostes: Reflections on Canadian Literature
The use of a verb like 'gawp' is characteristic of Griggs. She shares with certain writers such as Leon Rooke a tendency to focus the reader's attention on the concreteness of a quality or action by coining onomatopoeic words to name it - words ...
Philip Marchand, 1998
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. A-Kut
V. Gamp. S. To GAWP, v. n. To yawn. S. Gawpish, adj. Disposed to yawn. S. To GAWP UP, v. a. To devour ; to eat greedily ; to swallow voraciously, S. Syne till't he fell, and seem'd right yap His mealtith quickly up to gawp. Ramsay's Poems, ii.
John Jamieson, 1841
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Atlanta Magazine
... or 5.3 ppm); fluoride (810 lbs/day or 0.7 ppm); phosphate (690 lbs/day or 0.95 ppm) KUDOS 2007 GAWP Gold Award for complete, consistent compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act Why are so many of Atlanta's hottest flying to Beverly.
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
2 syn EMACIATED, cadaverous, skeletal, wasted ant bloated || gaup (or gawp) vb 1 syn LOOK 7, eye, gape, gaze, goggle, ogle, rubberneck, stare 2 syn GAZE 1, bore, gape, gawk, glare, gloat, goggle, peer, stare gauzy adj syn FILMY, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
gawp. to gawpMaul: das MaulaufsperrenMaul:Maul und Ohren aufsperren Mund: den Mund aufsperren Mund: den Mund bis zu den Ohren aufreißen Mund: den Mund bis zu den Ohren aufsperren Mund: den Mund nicht/gar nicht/... wieder ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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The Wordsworth Thesaurus: For Home, Office and Study
gawp,. look,. stare,. gear ». accessories, accouterments, affair, apparatus, apparel, armor, array, attire, baggage, belongings, business, clothes, clothing, cog, costume, doings, dress, effects, equipment, garb, garments, gearing, get-up, habit, ...
Wordsworth, William, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAWP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gawp is used in the context of the following news items.
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The ghosts of Crossrail | The Sunday Times
Their ossified grins and blank eye sockets seem to say: “You can gawp, but you'll look like us one day.” They seem inordinately smug. «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
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On-screen stripping - Fiji Times Online
Viewers are given the opportunity to gawp at gorgeous, gyrating actresses, but the fact that those actresses never actually get naked implies ... «Fiji Times, Jul 15»
3
Object Lessons by George Loudon review – small but spectacular …
... even if you're the sort of person who usually dashes past the fossilised fish remains in the Natural History Museum on the way to gawp at the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Married At First Sight - Paddy Shennan on the controversial new …
This might have been the right thing to do, but it would have prevented viewers like me – and millions of others – from having a good gawp, and ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
5
Watch Stars Wars: The Force Awakens behind-the-scenes video …
Plot details for Star Wars: The Force Awakens are being kept tightly under wraps but this new video gives you plenty to gawp at including some ... «Entertainment Focus, Jul 15»
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Budget 2015: the verdict from our columnists
Tempting as it is to gawp solely at the rabbit – a compulsory £9-an-hour living wage for all! – it's usually better to focus gimlet-eyed on the hand. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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The last man to walk on the Moon opens the new Omega store in …
Rather, motorists stopped to gawp at the sight veteran astronaut Captain Gene Cernan posing for pictures in a Lunar Rover outside the new ... «GQ.com, Jul 15»
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Hasbro Reveals New Marvel And Transformers Toys—Including …
Hasbro's Comic-Con breakfast has arrived, and with it, a plethora of new toys to gawp at. The company has unveiled some brand new figures in ... «io9, Jul 15»
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Gigi Hadid has put her $2.45million New York apartment up for sale …
But enough of all the boring sh*t; shall we just gawp at the pictures and discuss how jealous we all are? Because let's be honest, we'd probably ... «Sugarscape, Jul 15»
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The mystery of Jonah, the giant whale who toured the UK in the 1950s
But to most people who gathered to gawp at Jonah the Whale as he trundled through Barnsley, Worcester and other British places seemingly ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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