Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word GAWKY

Definitions of GAWKY

1. Awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement.
2. An awkward, ungainly person.
3. (Yorkshire, West Riding) Left-handed.

Examples of Using GAWKY in a Sentence

• Myerson reached her adult height when she was 12, and she towered over other children, something that she said made her feel "awkward and gawky" during her preadolescence.
• Oscar discovered that the gawky young accompanist, Mildred Plotka, could sing "The Indian Maiden's Lament" much better than Imelda, even finishing with an operatic cadenza.
• Happy to put the day's events behind him, Jonas treats Jimmy, the gawky, young town mortician who idolizes him, to a night of debauchery at the local whorehouse (Nuthin').
• " Rolling Stones Jody Rosen said of the record: "Verdict: a mildly charming, sometimes gawky LP that will please Gleeks and befuddle everyone else.
• His brother Kip (Aaron Ruell) is an unemployed 32-year-old; flimsy and gawky, he is the target of Napoleon's outlashes, although he often brags of his wrestling abilities and overall coolness; he spends his days in an internet chat room talking to a woman named Lafawnduh.
• " Writing for NME, Rhian Daly believed that, "for the most part, Dacus proves that looking back at your past might make you cringe, but there is beauty and value in those faltering, gawky days.
• They're all long and gawky, an' have no hair on top o' their heads; an' they all squint or are cross-eyed; an' they're all bow-legged, or limp; an' they all spit in the fire, an' they've all had the small-pox, an' they all look.

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