how to pronounce gawk

/ɡɔːk/

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gawk is pronounced in one syllable

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ɔː

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An example use of gawk in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… don't just gawk adventure in try …”

meanings of gawk

noun:

A fool; a simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person.
A cuckoo.

verb:

To stare conspicuously.
To stare or gape stupidly.

gawk frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word gawk occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics gawk can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that gawk can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;