Usually means: Stare openly in dumb surprise.
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  1. gawp: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. gawp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gawp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gawp: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gawp: Vocabulary.com
  6. gawp: Wordnik
  7. gawp: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. gawp: Wiktionary
  9. gawp: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. gawp: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. gawp: Dictionary.com
  12. gawp: Rhymezone
  13. gawp: Free Dictionary
  14. gawp: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. gawp: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. gawp: Encyclopedia

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  1. GAWP: Acronym Finder

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. gawp: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. gawp: Urban Dictionary

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verb:  (chiefly British) To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk.
noun:  (British) A stupefied or amazed stare.

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