English Explanatory Dictionary

gongoozle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To leisurely watch the passage of boats, from the bank of a canal, lock or bridge.
  2. To observe things idly.

Word forms

gongoozle gongoozles gongoozling gongoozled

Etymology

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.

Derived words

gongoozler
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