gowk
[ˈɡæʊ̯ˀk]
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cuckoo.
noun
A fool.
noun
An apple core.
Example Sentences
- ""Ill-fard, crazy, crack-brained gowk, that she is!" exclaimed the housekeeper."
- ""What does it look like?" "Like...like..." Catweazle made boulder-like gestures in the air, "like a wogle-stone, thou gowk.""
- "God has sent me gowks for secretaries."
- "`You daft great gowk, puttin' yerself in the way of harm after all this time out of a war.'"
- "look how the man stands as he were gowk'd"
Etymology
From Middle English goke, gowke, from Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰegʰuǵʰ- (“cuckoo”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: goke, gaukr, *gaukaz, *gʰegʰuǵʰ-, colk, *colc
Usage
Inflected Forms
gowks (plural)
gowks (present, singular)
gowking (participle, present)
gowked (participle, past)
gowked (past)
goke (alternative)
goak (alternative)
gauk (alternative)
gouk (alternative)
geak (alternative)
cowk (alternative)