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groak.

To stare or look fixedly at someone; esp. of a child or dog in anticipation of receiving food.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To stare or look fixedly at someone; esp. of a child or dog in anticipation of receiving food.

  2. To look at someone with a watchful or suspicious eye.

Where this word comes from

Unknown. Adapted into English from the Scots groak, growk with an unchanged meaning; groak in Scotland and growk in Ulster. The earliest recorded English usage of this term is as grouk in 1808 (see sense 2).

noun
  1. Someone who waits at meal-times with the expectation of getting something to eat.

  2. A wistful look by a child on any article greatly desired.

Where this word comes from

Unknown. Adapted into English from the Scots groak, growk with an unchanged meaning; groak in Scotland and growk in Ulster. The earliest recorded English usage of this term is as grouk in 1808 (see sense 2).

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