Gawk

Noun

 * 1) a cuckoo

Noun

 * 1) a simpleton, stupid or clumsy person.

Verb

 * 1) To stare or gape stupidly
 * 2) To stare  conspicuously.

Thesaurus
ass, be amazed, be astonished, be curious, blockhead, blunderer, blunderhead, boor, bore, botcher, bumbler, bumpkin, bungler, burn with curiosity, churl, clod, clodhopper, clodknocker, clot, clown, crane, crane the neck, dig around for, dig up, dolt, dunderhead, dunderpate, eye, fool, fumbler, galoot, gape, gaup, gawky, gaze, gaze open-mouthed, glare, gloat, goggle, gowk, hayseed, hick, ignoramus, inquire, interrogate, klutz, lobster, looby, look, lout, lubber, lug, lummox, lump, marvel, ninny, nose around for, nose out, oaf, ogle, ox, palooka, peer, query, question, quiz, rubber, rubberneck, rube, seek, simpleton, slouch, slubberer, stand aghast, stand on tiptoe, stare, stare at, stare down, stare hard, stare openmouthed, want to know, wonder, yokel

Etymology 1
From, akin to Old Norse gaukr: (cuckoo) (Danish gøg:, Swedish gök:) and Old High German gouh: (German Gauch:).

Etymology 2
A Middle-Appalachian Americanism, since late 1800s, possibly misconstruing French "gauche," and leading to use of adj gawky for a person or process that is uncoordinated or awkward.

Etymology 3
Perhaps from gá:.

Translations

 * Bosnian: blenuti, buljiti
 * Danish:, ,


 * Finnish: töllistellä
 * Russian: таращиться, смотреть с глупым видом


 * Bosnian: buljiti, zuriti