From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgawpgawp /ɡɔːp $ ɡɒːp/ verb [intransitive] British English informal LOOK ATto look at something for a long time, especially with your mouth open because you are surprised → gapegawp at I was carried out on a stretcher, with everyone gawping at me.→ See Verb table
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gawp• When it is finished, people will stop their cars to gawp.• Rex put on his sunglasses and elbowed his way into the crowd to gawp along with the rest.• But many will probably come just to gawp at the locals and soak up the legend.• The famous local feature that families come miles to gawp at.Origin gawp (1600-1700) Perhaps from gape