Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Awkward; ungainly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Awkward in manner or bearing; inapt in behavior; clumsy; clownish.
- noun ; pl. gawkies (-kiz). Same as
gawk , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk.
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- adjective
awkward ,ungainly ; lackinggrace ordexterity inmovement
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking grace in movement or posture
Etymologies
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Examples
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Local wineries fell into this trap as well, resulting in gawky, disjointed wines that did both the grape and the region a disservice.
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Local wineries fell into this trap as well, resulting in gawky, disjointed wines that did both the grape and the region a disservice.
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Then he calls a gawky, red-haired chap, that stood good six-feet two:
The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902
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When she was 15, she was spotted in Covent Garden by a model scout and signed up for a shoot with Elle magazine, whose then editor, Sally Brampton, later recalled the gawky teenager as "a bird of paradise".
Why doesn't Naomi Campbell want to testify about her 'blood diamond'? 2010
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James R. Gaines recalls the gawky adolescent governments of General Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, who were leading their countries in parallel revolutions all For Liberty and Glory (Norton).
Hot Type Schappell, Elissa 2007
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Now to be called gawky when he thought the gesture was particularly graceful, was indeed discouraging.
Half-Past Seven Stories Robert Gordon Anderson
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As for the town of Brighton, it's what I would call a gawky piece of London.
The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family John Galt 1809
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Elle magazine, whose then editor, Sally Brampton, later recalled the gawky teenager as
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I went to the Eagle in Atlanta and I felt like some kind of gawky white heron or an egret or something in a cave full of bears.
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But it was, you know, teenaged boys don't get a lot of good press these days and it's really a tribute to them and all their kind of gawky, smelly wonderfulness.
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