1. to handle or touch clumsily or roughly
Usage: informal; chiefly British dialect
2. to stare stupidly or gape
Usage: informal; chiefly British dialect

Examples

• Don't gaum at the artwork with your dirty hands.
• He stood there gauming at the display like he'd never seen one before.
• Stop gauming the merchandise in the shop.
• She was gauming around the museum instead of paying attention to the guide.
• The child gaumed the delicate vase until his mother stopped him.