Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gawk \Gawk\, n. [OE. gok, gowk, cuckoo, fool, Icel. gaukr
   cuckoo; akin to OHG. gouh, G. gauch cuckoo, fool, AS. g['e]ac
   cuckoo, Sw. g["o]k, Dan. gi["o]g]
   1. A cuckoo. --Johnson.

   2. A simpleton; a booby; a gawky. --Carlyle.

Gawk \Gawk\, v. i.
   To act like a gawky.

Source : WordNet®

gawk
     n : an awkward stupid person [syn: {lout}, {clod}, {stumblebum},
          {goon}, {oaf}, {lubber}, {lummox}, {lump}]
     v : look with amazement; look stupidly [syn: {goggle}, {gape}, {gawp}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

gawk
     
         {GNU} {awk}.  Gawk is a superset of standard
        awk and includes some {Plan 9} features.
     
        David Trueman and Arnold Robbins of {Georgia Institute of
        Technology} were developing it in 1993.  It has been ported to
        {Unix}, {MS-DOS}, {Macintosh}, and {Archimedes}.
     
        Latest version: 2.15.3, as of 1993-11-08.
     
        Available by {FTP} from your nearest {GNU archive site}.
     
        {Mac version
       
     (ftp://archive.umich.edu/mac/utilities/developerhelps/macgawk2.11.cpt.hqx)}.
     
        (2000-10-21)