Definition for GAWK'Y

GAWK'Y, a.

Foolish; awkward; clumsy; clownish. [In this sense it is retained in vulgar use in America.] [Is not this allied to the Fr. gauche, left, untoward, unhandy, Eng. awk, awkward; gauchir, to shrink back or turn aside, to use shifts, to double, to dodge. This verb well expresses the actions of a jester or buffoon.]

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