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groak

(v): look or stare at longingly
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9 months ago reesetee said:

"To look or stare at longingly, especially at someone who is eating. A very uncommon old word which I was unable to find in any dictionary. This is an ancient art still widely and ably practised by pet dogs everywhere." (From Foyle's Philavery: A Treasury of Unusual Words, by Christopher Foyle.)

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