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gape
[ geyp, gap ]
verb (used without object)
gaped, gaping.
- to stare with open mouth, as in wonder.
- to open the mouth wide involuntarily, as the result of hunger, sleepiness, or absorbed attention.
Synonyms:
- to open as a gap; split or become open wide.
Synonyms:
noun
- a wide opening; gap; breach.
- an act or instance of gaping.
- a stare, as in astonishment or with the mouth wide open.
- a yawn.
- Zoology. the width of the open mouth.
gape
/ ɡɪ /
verb
- to stare in wonder or amazement, esp with the mouth open
- to open the mouth wide, esp involuntarily, as in yawning or hunger
- to be or become wide open
the crater gaped under his feet
noun
- the act of gaping
- a wide opening; breach
- the width of the widely opened mouth of a vertebrate
- a stare or expression of astonishment
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Other 51Թ Forms
- iԲ· adverb
- ܲ· verb (used without object) subgaped subgaping
- ܲ·iԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of gape1
1175–1225; Middle English, from Old Norse gapa “to open the mouth wide”; compare German gaffen
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of gape1
C13: from Old Norse gapa; related to Middle Dutch gapen, Danish gabe
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Synonym Study
See gaze.
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Example Sentences
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And to paper over this destructive policy, the administration will blow another gaping hole in the federal budget with bailout money to compensate the victims.
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The main entrance is wrecked, dried blood still visible on the stairs, the windows now gaping holes looking out over the River Nile.
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There’s just no way to fully replace the gaping hole that her absence leaves in USC’s lineup.
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But there is a gaping hole in the team for the type of deep-lying playmaker role he could fill.
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George Ford's passing picked more holes in a gaping Welsh defence towards the end.
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