English Dictionary: gawk | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for gawk | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gawk \Gawk\, n. [OE. gok, gowk, cuckoo, fool, Icel. gaukr cuckoo; akin to OHG. gouh, G. gauch cuckoo, fool, AS. g[82]ac cuckoo, Sw. g[94]k, Dan. gi[94]g] 1. A cuckoo. --Johnson. 2. A simpleton; a booby; a gawky. --Carlyle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gawk \Gawk\, v. i. To act like a gawky. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
gawk 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) |