as in to stare
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
tourists in London gawping at royalty
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Recent Examples of gawp
And best of luck finding something else to gawp at on one of the Big Four nets.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Jan. 2025
For others, gawping at the sheer volume and opulence of Ertegun’s stuff is its own illicit thrill, like rifling through the bedroom drawers of a hostess at a dinner party.
—The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024
Early in the game, you’re given the ability to slow down time, a power-up that doesn’t just lead to inventive platforming across rapidly moving razor-sharp knives but the opportunity to gawp further at the spectacle.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
But earlier iterations of the fashion show were often peppered with inappropriate jokes at the models’ expense, with its in-studio audience being largely made up of gawping men.
—Tara John, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
As the men gawp on lustily and take locks of hair as a souvenir, a tear falls from Teixeira’s defiant mask.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024
Locals of all ages throng the lakefront, gawping at the spectacle of it all.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2024
Twin columns once housed in trousers or board shorts have undergone miniskirt-ification, now daring you not to gawp as men’s hemlines rise and rise.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 June 2024
Troy Iwata found a guy who stans Joe Biden and just gawped at him in wide-eyed disbelief.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 May 2024
Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Jan. 2025
For others, gawping at the sheer volume and opulence of Ertegun’s stuff is its own illicit thrill, like rifling through the bedroom drawers of a hostess at a dinner party.
—The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024
Early in the game, you’re given the ability to slow down time, a power-up that doesn’t just lead to inventive platforming across rapidly moving razor-sharp knives but the opportunity to gawp further at the spectacle.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
But earlier iterations of the fashion show were often peppered with inappropriate jokes at the models’ expense, with its in-studio audience being largely made up of gawping men.
—Tara John, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
As the men gawp on lustily and take locks of hair as a souvenir, a tear falls from Teixeira’s defiant mask.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024
Locals of all ages throng the lakefront, gawping at the spectacle of it all.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2024
Twin columns once housed in trousers or board shorts have undergone miniskirt-ification, now daring you not to gawp as men’s hemlines rise and rise.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 June 2024
Troy Iwata found a guy who stans Joe Biden and just gawped at him in wide-eyed disbelief.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gawp
Verb
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But halfway into the season, Moiraine has mostly done a lot of staring and a little bit of really amateurish manipulation that backfires spectacularly.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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JuJu Watkins, the star sophomore, stared blankly ahead, offering only a slow, deliberate clap.—
Austin Knoblauch,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Women bearing sparklers and bottles of champagne descended, as clubbers gawked from the perimeter.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Ropes were fixed and the jolly-boat was hauled up to the main deck, where a scattering of sailors waited, gawking curiously.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The colonel gazed out of the window for a moment when asked to comment.—
Emmet Livingstone,
The Dial,
20 Mar. 2025
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In a promotional video for the podcast, Mulvaney, a former musical theater performer, is seen singing in various whimsical scenarios that include standing in a shower, driving a car, gazing into a mirror while singing into a lollipop, and even belting out tunes on a yellow couch.—
Heather Hunter,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
20 Mar. 2025
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