gawk
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Gawk \Gawk\, v. i.
1.To act like a gawky. [1913 Webster]
2.To stare with empty-minded fascination; to stare stupidly; to gape; -- usually used with at. [PJC]
Gawk \Gawk\ (g[add]k), n. [OE. gok, gowk, cuckoo, fool, Icel. gaukr cuckoo; akin to OHG. gouh, G. gauch cuckoo, fool, AS. g['e]ac cuckoo, Sw. g["o]k, Dan. gi["o]g]
1.A cuckoo. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
2.A simpleton; a booby; a gawky. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
gawk GNU awk
<tool, language> GNU awk. Gawk is a superset of standard awk and includes some Plan 9 features.
David Trueman and Arnold Robbins of Georgia Institute of Technology were developing it in 1993. It has been ported to Unix, MS-DOS, Macintosh, and Archimedes.
Available by FTP from your nearest GNU archive site.
{Mac version
(ftp://archive.umich.edu/mac/utilities/developerhelps/macgawk2.11.cpt.hqx)}.
(2000-10-21)