GOWK

PRONUNCIATION:
(gouk, gohk)

MEANING:
noun: 1. A foolish person.
2. A cuckoo.
verb tr.: To make a fool of or to stupefy.
verb intr.: To stare foolishly.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Old Norse gaukr (cuckoo). Earliest documented use: 1325.
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HOWK - erstwhile Yankees and Red Sox manager

GROW K - you can raise aquamephyton in your own back yard by planting Kale (though that's not the origin of the name)

AGO WK - seven days in the past