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gawing

gawing is the present participle and gerund of gaw.

Meaning of gaw

Verb

gaw (third-person singular simple present gaws, present participle gawing, simple past and past participle gawed)

  1. (obsolete) To gape or stare.

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Questions about gawing

What is gawing the present participle and gerund of?
Gawing is the present participle and gerund of gaw.

Words near gawing in the dictionary

  1. gawed
  2. Gawel
  3. Gawels
  4. gawf
  5. gawfs
  6. gawing
  7. gawk
  8. gawk-handed
  9. gawked
  10. gawker
  11. gawker blocker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gawing (page history and authors); gaw (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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