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The sound your brain makes when you're excited to use it.
The math competition is about to start; I can't contain my excitement, my brain's gnowking so loud I bet the whole studio could hear it.
gnowk by David Larch June 4, 2018
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gnowk • gnork • gnook • gowk • Glowkin • Gnok • gnorky • gnawks • Gnawke • gnawking
Gowk (pronounced ɡaʊk) is a noun with a number of meanings. It is sometimes used to mean a cuckoo or an awkward, clumsy or stupid person. Apparently the word goes back to ancient German and could mean a bastard, simpleton, or fool, which gives its commonest usage namely an awkward or foolish person. There is also a third totally distinct meaning; in Geordie dialect it means an apple core.
“You passed your kid off as his? You fucking gowk!”
Gowk by AKACroatalin January 3, 2017
A knock on the door after the 1 a.m. text confirmation of a hook up. Imagine it in Mark Wahlbergs voice
"She heard the gnawke gnawke on the door and knew it was what she was waiting for. She got hot.
Gnawke by onetimer1 April 19, 2017
The Gnarliest thing to ever exist. Take Gnarly and multiply it by 1000
Bro 1: dude last night was awesome
Bro 2: it wasn't just awesome, dude it was gnook
Gnook by Thicccums November 18, 2019
acronym: global nomadic organization of knowledge.

pronounced "nook", the g being silent.
gnook.org
gnook by sbr22 October 17, 2008
The middle, normally inedible part, of a fruit or vegetable, containing seeds etc.
I don't like the gowk in a tomato
Make sure you scrape the gowk out of the melon before slicing it
Gowk by brudderss February 9, 2017
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