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gowking

gowking is the present participle and gerund of gowk.

Meaning of gowk

Verb (1)

gowk (third-person singular simple present gowks, present participle gowking, simple past and past participle gowked)

  1. To make foolish; to stupefy.
    • look how the man stands as he were gowk'd1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio)...

Verb (2)

gowk (third-person singular simple present gowks, present participle gowking, simple past and past participle gowked)

  1. (dialectal) To retch; vomit.

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Questions about gowking

What is gowking the present participle and gerund of?
Gowking is the present participle and gerund of gowk.

Words near gowking in the dictionary

  1. Gowings
  2. Gowins
  3. gowk
  4. gowked
  5. Gowkie Day
  6. gowking
  7. gowks
  8. Gowkthrapple
  9. gowl
  10. Gowland
  11. Gowlands

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