gowk

a simpleton, someone without much sense or brains.

My brother is a gowk, that's why he never graduated high school.

by hijodeganas December 01, 2006

Gowk

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!”

by AKACroatalin January 03, 2017

Gowk

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

by brudderss February 09, 2017