gaw

See also: Gaw

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɔː/

Etymology 1

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)

(obsolete) to stare or gape

Etymology 2

Minced oath for God.

Interjection

gaw

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

(expletive): See Thesaurus:wow

Translations

expressing disbelief

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

Anagrams

AGW, AWG, GWA, WAG, WGA, wag

Cebuano

Etymology

Noun

gaw

an address to a cousin

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