Groak
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who waits at meal-times with the expectation of getting something to eat.
- 2 A wistful look by a child on any article greatly desired.
Verb
- 1 To stare or look fixedly at someone; esp. of a child or dog in anticipation of receiving food.
- 2 look or stare at longingly wordnet
- 3 To look at someone with a watchful or suspicious eye.
"Grouk is often used, as denoting the watchfulness of a very niggardly person, who is still afraid that any of his property be given away or carried off."
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More examples"Grouk is often used, as denoting the watchfulness of a very niggardly person, who is still afraid that any of his property be given away or carried off."
Etymology
Unknown. Adapted into English from the Scots groak, growk with an unchanged meaning; groak in Scotland and growk in Ulster. The earliest recorded English usage of this term is as grouk in 1808 (see sense 2).