1. a foolish or stupid person
Usage: Scottish; dialectal
2. a cuckoo
Usage: Scottish; dialectal

Examples

• Don’t be such a gowk and listen to what I’m telling you.
• The old man called him a gowk for believing such nonsense.
• She heard the gowk calling from the woods in early spring.
• The gowk’s distinctive call echoed across the Scottish highlands.
• He felt like a right gowk after making that mistake.