- present tense form of gawk (3rd person singular).
gawks
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Anyone who sits through the end credits of a franchise movie and gawks at screens filled with hundreds of names of special effects and visual effects crew knows most of the is digitally animated.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2024
The census outreach organizer for the Boyle Heights-based Latino Equality Alliance said he sometimes wears skirts and other women’s clothing to church, eliciting gawks and stares from other parishioners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2020
The best ones are also well-constructed and stylishly shot works that simultaneously elicit gawks and delight.
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2017
Carolyn Hax advises a woman whose husband gawks at pretty women online and describes himself as an arrogant liar.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2017
All conversation stops as the entire lunchroom gawks, my face burning into their retinas.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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