• (superl.) Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/gawky/
clumsyadjective lacking grace in movement or posture; `a gawky lad with long ungainly legs`; `clumsy fingers`; `what an ungainly creature a giraffe is`; `heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair` Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gawky
Gawk'y adjective [ Compar. Gawkier ; superl. Gawkiest .] Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- noun A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/14