gongoozle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly arose from Lincolnshire dialect, in which gawn and gooze both mean stare or gape. Popularised by L. T. C. Rolt in Narrow Boat (1944), a book on canal life.
Verb[edit]
gongoozle (third-person singular simple present gongoozles, present participle gongoozling, simple past and past participle gongoozled)
- (intransitive) To leisurely watch the passage of boats, from the bank of a canal, lock or bridge.
- (intransitive) To observe things idly.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Gongoozle, Granny Buttons 2004.