groke

Verb

groak (third-person singular simple present groaks, present participle groaking, simple past and past participle groaked)

1. (typically of domestic animals) To stare or look fixedly at someone; esp. of a child or dog in anticipation of receiving food.
2. To look at someone with a watchful or suspicious eye.
   • Grouk is often used, as denoting the watchfulness of a very niggardly person, who is still afraid that any of his property be given away or carried off.1808, Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL)

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