gowk

noun

1. (Northern-England, Scotland)A cuckoo.
2. A fool.

   “"Ill-fard, crazy, crack-brained gowk, that she is!" exclaimed the housekeeper.”

   “"What does it look like?" "Like...like..." Catweazle made boulder-like gestures in the air, "like a wogle-stone, thou gowk."”

   “God has sent me gowks for secretaries.”

   “`You daft great gowk, puttin' yerself in the way of harm after all this time out of a war.'”

3. (Geordie)An apple core.
4. (Geordie, obsolete)The central part of any thing; pith; core.
5. (dialectal)The hard centre of a boil or sore.
6. (dialectal)The yolk of an egg.
7. (dialectal)The inner part of a haystack.

verb

1. To make foolish; to stupefy.

   “look how the man stands as he were gowk'd”

2. (dialectal)To retch; vomit.