gowks

Meaning of gowks

plural noun
  1. an awkward or foolish person (often used as a general term of abuse).
  2. a cuckoo.

Middle English (in gowk1 (sense 2)): from Old Norse gaukr .

plural noun
  1. an apple core.
    I leave the gowk—don't want an apple tree growing inside me
    I found an apple gowk in my coat pocket

early 19th century: origin uncertain.

Information about gowks

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of gowks is: gowk.
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Hyphenation of gowks

gowks

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • gowks is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with gowks

huntiegowks, howks, snowks

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