gaw

See also: Gaw

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔː/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː

Etymology 1

From Middle English gowen (“to stare”), from Old Norse gá.

Verb

gaw (third-person singular simple present gaws, present participle gawing, simple past and past participle gawed)

1. (obsolete) to stare or gape

Translations

to stare

Czech: zírat (cs) impf, koukat (cs) impf

Etymology 2

Minced oath for God.

Interjection

gaw

1. An expletive, expressing disbelief, horror, or disdain
   • 1908, H. G. Wells, “IX: On Goat Island”, in The War in the Air:

     "Gaw!" he whispered, "I don' like dead bodies some'ow! I'd almost rather that chap was alive."

Synonyms

• (expressing disbelief): fiddlesticks, get out of town, pull the other one; see also Thesaurus:bullshit
• (expressing horror or shock): gorblimey, Jeebus, Jiminy Cricket, 'sblood; see also Thesaurus:wow
• (expressing disdain): feh, pfaugh, pshaw, pooh; see also Thesaurus:bah

Translations

expressing disbelief

French: nom d’un chien (fr), parbleu (fr), sacrebleu (fr)

See also

• geegaw
• weather-gaw

Anagrams

• AGW, AWG, GWA, WAG, WGA, wag

Cebuano

Etymology

From ig-agaw.

Noun

gaw

1. an address to a cousin

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch gauw (“quickly”).

Adjective

gaw

1. quick, fast

Derived terms

• gawgaw