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gowks

gowks is the plural of gowk.

Meaning of gowk

Noun (1)

gowk (plural gowks)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A cuckoo.
  2. A fool.
    • "Ill-fard, crazy, crack-brained gowk, that she is!" exclaimed the housekeeper.1816, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 8, in Old Mortality

Noun (2)

gowk (plural gowks)

  1. (Geordie) An apple core.
  2. (Geordie, obsolete) The central part of any thing; pith; core.
  3. (dialectal) The hard centre of a boil or sore.
  4. (dialectal) The yolk of an egg.

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Questions about gowks

What is gowks the plural of?
Gowks is the plural of gowk.

Words near gowks in the dictionary

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

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