- gawkish
- adjective Date: 1840 gawky • gawkishly adverb • gawkishness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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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 — adj. awkward, clumsy … English contemporary dictionary
gawkish — gawk·ish … English syllables
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
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake — is a piece of ballet influenced contemporary dance choreographed by Matthew Bourne that was first staged at Sadler s Wells theatre in London in 1995. The longest running ballet in London s West End and on Broadway, it has enjoyed two successful… … Wikipedia
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
