GAWK Meaning of GAWK in English [gawk] n [prob. fr. E dial. gawk (left-handed)] (1757): a clumsy stupid person: lout [2]gawk vi [perh. alter. of obs. gaw (to stare)] (1785): to gape or stare stupidly -- gawk.er n Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012