Definition of Gawker

1. Noun. A spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness.

Generic synonyms: Looker, Spectator, Viewer, Watcher, Witness

Definition of Gawker

1. Noun. Someone who gawks, someone who stares stupidly ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gawker

1. one that gawks [n -S] - See also: gawks

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gawker

gavotte
gavotted
gavottes
gavotting
gavver
gavvers
gawbies
gawby
gawcier
gawciest
gawcy
gawd
gawds
gawk
gawked
gawker (current term)
gawkers
gawkers' block
gawkier
gawkies
gawkiest
gawkily
gawkiness
gawkinesses
gawking
gawkish
gawkishly
gawkishness
gawkishnesses
gawks

Literary usage of Gawker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lincolnshire and the Danes by George Sidney Streatfeild (1884)
"(see Glossary); Wester Sykes, ON vestr and sik, AS sich, a trench (Notes and Queries, 6th S. vol. iii. p. 104); gawker Thorns, O. ..."

2. A wayward woman by Arthur Griffiths (1879)
"Why Maltby never painted a good picture in his life, and gawker was old and worn out a dozen years ago., ' That,s just it. They,ve a strong affinity for the ..."

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