gongoozle

== English == === Etymology === 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 === gongoozle (third-person singular simple present gongoozles, present participle gongoozling, simple past and past participle gongoozled) (intransitive) To leisurely watch the passage of boats, from the bank of a canal, lock or bridge. (intransitive) To observe things idly. ==== Derived terms ==== gongoozler === References === Gongoozle, Granny Buttons 2004.