gowk /ɡaʊk/noun 7verb 2forms 3 noun7 •A fool."Ill-fard, crazy, crack-brained gowk, that she is!" exclaimed the housekeeper. — 1816 •(Scotland, Northern-England) A cuckoo. •An apple core. •(dialect) The hard centre of a boil or sore. •(dialect) The yolk of an egg. •(dialect) The inner part of a haystack. •(no longer used) The central part of any thing; pith; core. verb2 •To make foolish; to stupefy.look how the man stands as he were gowk'd — 1632 •(dialect) To retch; vomit. formsgowked · gowking · gowks
