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Gaw

//ɡɔː// intj, name, verb

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    An expletive expressing disbelief, disdain, or horror

    ""Gaw!" he whispered, "I don' like dead bodies some'ow! I'd almost rather that chap was alive.""

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Verb
  1. 1
    To gape or stare. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Scottish Gaelic gall (“foreigner or stranger”), meaning: * (Ireland) a person from Wales or England who immigrated after the Norman invasion, or * (Scotland) a person from Scandinavia or the English-speaking lowlands.

Etymology 2

From Middle English gowen (“to stare”), from Old Norse gá.

Etymology 3

Minced oath for God.

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