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third-person singular simple present gawps, present participle gawping, simple past and past participle gawped
(chiefly British) To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk. quotations examples
“I have tickets for the train to New York tonight. Hurry up, Molly! Don’t stand there gawping.”
1961, John Steinbeck, Molly Morgan
The lady looked around to see that there were hundreds of sets of eyes staring back at her. Even the screaming toddlers had momentarily stopped screaming and were gawping.
2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books
plural gawps
(British) A stupefied or amazed stare. quotations examples
Come in for a gawp at the sweets and pastries that run three rows deep at this rustically contemporary (or contemporarily rustic) cake shop.
2019, The Rough Guide to South America on a Budget