groak

== English == === Alternative forms === growk, groke === Etymology === 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). === Verb === groak (third-person singular simple present groaks, present participle groaking, simple past and past participle groaked) (typically of domestic animals) To stare or look fixedly at someone; esp. of a child or dog in anticipation of receiving food. To look at someone with a watchful or suspicious eye. === Noun === groak (plural groaks) Someone who waits at meal-times with the expectation of getting something to eat. A wistful look by a child on any article greatly desired. === Usage notes === Usually used in the context of dogs and children. === References === === Anagrams === Gorka