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Meaning of gawp | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
/ɡɔːp/

Definitions

To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk.

British

Examples

““I have tickets for the train to New York tonight. Hurry up, Molly! Don’t stand there gawping.””
“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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