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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gawky \Gawk"y\, a. [Compar. {Gawkier}; superl. {Gawkiest}.] Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gawky adj : lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair" [syn: {clumsy}, {clunky}, {ungainly}, {unwieldy}]
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