Definition of "gaw"

gaw¹

/ɡɔː/

verb
third-person singular simple present gaws, present participle gawing, simple past and past participle gawed
1. (obsolete) to stare or gape

gaw²

/ɡɔː/

interjection
1. An expletive, expressing disbelief, horror, or disdain
  Quotations
  "Gaw!" he whispered, "I don' like dead bodies some'ow! I'd almost rather that chap was alive."
  1908, H. G. Wells, “IX: On Goat Island”, in The War in the Air