gaw

verb, intj — 2 senses

gaw

verb

UK /ɡɔː/ · US /ɡɔ/

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

1

Obsolete To gape or stare.

Derived terms: gawk

gaw

intj

Etymology Minced oath for God.

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."1907, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “On Goat Island”, in The War in the Air: […], London: George Bell and Sons, published 1908, →OCLC:

Synonyms: fiddlesticks, get out of town, pull the other one, gorblimey, Jeebus, Jiminy Cricket, 'sblood, feh, pfaugh, pshaw, pooh

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