A lone gowk perched on the hedge at dawn and called out.

He thought he could gowk me with that story, but I saw through it.

She tossed the gowk into the compost bin after making the pie.

Village children used to taunt the travelers by calling them gowks whenever they acted confused.

He kept gowking in the meeting, which made everyone uncomfortable.

He was gowked by the con artist into handing over his passport.

At dusk, the farmers whispered tales of the glimmer-gowks that mischievously rearranged their scarecrows.

At midnight, the glimmer-gowk perched silently on the weathered fencepost, watching the fields below.

The veterans laughed as they told him to hunt the gowk by fetching a bar of soap from the barber.

Every year on Gowkie Day, neighbors warn each other about harmless tricks before joining in the fun.