Meaning & use
gawp
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To stare openly and stupidly at something, especially out of astonishment.
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Tourists gawped at the towering cathedral ceiling.
Stop gawping and give me a hand with these bags.
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Gawp is chiefly British informal usage, closely related to the more widely used American term "gawk."
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