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gape
[ geyp, gap ]
verb (used without object)
- to stare with open mouth, as in wonder.
- to open the mouth wide involuntarily, as the result of hunger, sleepiness, or absorbed attention.
Synonyms: yawn
- to open as a gap; split or become open wide.
Synonyms: yawn
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
/ ɡeɪp /
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
Other Words From
- gaping·ly adverb
- sub·gape verb (used without object) subgaped subgaping
- un·gaping adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of gape1
Word History and Origins
Origin of gape1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
We want to relate to their humanity rather than gape at their untouchable infallibility.
The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers are represented by a gape-mouthed dancing blob named Big Red.
Gape at the chart that shows the chilling growth in derivatives, just one flavor of “structured product.”
All the way we see people of so many kinds we have never seen before that it is difficult not to stand still and gape.
We gape, we grasp, we gripe, add store to 10 store; / Enough requires too much; too much craves more.
Once more the wedge was driven to the heart, until again the sides were spread a-gape.
Moulder, Gape, and Snengkeld together could not make him pay for wine he had neither ordered nor swallowed.
"In commercial rooms, as the gentleman must be aware, the rule is as stated by my friend on my right," said Mr. Gape.
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