gongoozle
English
editEtymology
editPossibly arose from Lincolnshire dialect, in which gawn and gooze both mean stare or gape. Popularised by L. T. C. Rolt in Narrow Boat (1944), a book on canal life.
Verb
editgongoozle (third-person singular simple present gongoozles, present participle gongoozling, simple past and past participle gongoozled)
- (intransitive) To leisurely watch the passage of boats, from the bank of a canal, lock or bridge.
- (intransitive) To observe things idly.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Gongoozle, Granny Buttons 2004.