groakとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Unknown. Adapted into English from the Scots groak, growk with an unchanged meaning; groak in Scotland and growk in Ulster. The earliest recorded English usage of this term is as grouk in 1808 (see sense 2).

動詞

groak (third-person singular simple present groaks, present participle groaking, simple past and past participle groaked)

1. (typically of domestic animals) To stare or look fixedly at someone; esp. of a child or dog in anticipation of receiving food.
2. To look at someone with a watchful or suspicious eye.
   • 1808, Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL)‎:

     Grouk is often used, as denoting the watchfulness of a very niggardly person, who is still afraid that any of his property be given away or carried off.

名詞

groak (plural groaks)

1. Someone who waits at meal-times with the expectation of getting something to eat.
2. A wistful look by a child on any article greatly desired.

使用する際の注意点

Usually used in the context of dogs and children.

参照

アナグラム

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