gongoozle

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gongoozle

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Possibly arose from Lincolnshire dialect, in which gawn and gooze both mean stare or gape. Popularised by L. T. C. Rolt in Narrow Boat (1944), a book on canal life.

verb gongoozles · gongoozling · gongoozled

intransitive To leisurely watch the passage of boats, from the bank of a canal, lock or bridge.
intransitive To observe things idly.

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@misc{gongoozle_2026,
  title = {gongoozle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gongoozle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}