gaw
See also: Gaw
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Middle English gowen (“to stare”), from Old Norse gá.
Verb edit
gaw (third-person singular simple present gaws, present participle gawing, simple past and past participle gawed)
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
Minced oath for God.
Interjection edit
gaw
- An expletive, expressing disbelief, horror, or disdain
- 1908, H. G. Wells, “IX: On Goat Island”, in The War in the Air:
- "Gaw!" he whispered, "I don' like dead bodies some'ow! I'd almost rather that chap was alive."
Synonyms edit
- (expressing disbelief): fiddlesticks, get out of town, pull the other one; see also Thesaurus:bullshit
- (expressing horror or shock): gorblimey, Jeebus, Jiminy Cricket, 'sblood; see also Thesaurus:wow
- (expressing disdain): feh, pfaugh, pshaw, pooh; see also Thesaurus:bah
Translations edit
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From ig-agaw.
Noun edit
gaw
- an address to a cousin
Sranan Tongo edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
gaw