Большой англо-русский словарь:
gawk
1. глагол;
используется в разговорной речи
смотреть с глупым видом; таращить глаза
Например: In the summer, crowds of tourists come to gawk at our famous old buildings. — Летом толпы туристов приезжают поглазеть на наши знаменитые старинные постройки.
I expect that the Queen does not enjoy being gawked at. — Думаю, королеву не радует, когда на неё таращат глаза.
2. имя существительное
простофиля, остолоп, разиня
Синоним(ы):
dolt,
dunce
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary:
gawk
I. noun
Etymology: probably from English dialect
gawk left-handed
Date: 1757
a clumsy stupid person
; lout
II. intransitive verb
Etymology: perhaps alteration of obsolete
gaw to stare
Date: 1785
to gape or stare stupidly
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gawker noun
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing:
gawk
GNU awk. Gawk is a superset of standard
awk and includes some Plan 9 features.
David Trueman and Arnold Robbins of Georgia Institute of Technology were developing it in 1993. It has been ported to
Unix, MS-DOS, Macintosh, and Archimedes.
Latest version: 2.15.3, as of 1993-11-08.
Available by FTP from your nearest GNU archive site.
Mac version ftp://archive.umich.edu/mac/utilities/developerhelps/macgawk2.11.cpt.hqx .
(2000-10-21) 
