groak.
To stare or look fixedly at someone; esp. of a child or dog in anticipation of receiving food.
Meaning & usage
To stare or look fixedly at someone; esp. of a child or dog in anticipation of receiving food.
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).
Someone who waits at meal-times with the expectation of getting something to eat.
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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