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gaup

gaup

English

Alternative forms

Verb

gaup (third-person singular simple present gaups, present participle gauping, simple past and past participle gauped)

  1. (Geordie) To stare, gape.
    "Divint gaup at hor, she'll knaa ye fancy ha"

References

  • The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
  • Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4