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gowk

N คนโง่  kon-ngor

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GOWK

n.[See Gawk. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GOWK

Gowk, v. t. Etym: [See Gawk. ]

 

Defn: To make a, booby of one ); to stupefy. [Obs. ] B. Jonson.

 

GOWK

Gowk, n. Etym: [See Gawk. ] (Zoöl.)

 

1. The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.

 

2. A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gowk

gowk |gouk ɡoʊk | ▶noun Brit. dialect 1 an awkward or foolish person (often as a general term of abuse ). 2 a cuckoo. ORIGIN Middle English ( sense 2 ): from Old Norse gaukr.

 

Oxford Dictionary

gowk

gowk |gaʊk | ▶noun dialect 1 an awkward or foolish person (often used as a general term of abuse ). 2 a cuckoo. ORIGIN Middle English (in sense 2 ): from Old Norse gaukr.