Gawk, n.

[A-S. geác, gēc, cuckoo, simpleton, Icel. gaukr, Sw. gök, Dan. gjög, O. H. Ger. gouk, N. H. Ger. gauch, allied to Lat. cuculus.]

1. A cuckoo. Johnson.
2. A fool; a simpleton; a booby. [Scot. and North of Eng.] Naves.