gapes

American  

[geyps, gaps] / geɪps, gæps /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. Veterinary Pathology. a parasitic disease of poultry and other birds, characterized by frequent gaping due to infestation of the trachea and bronchi with gapeworms.

2. a fit of yawning.

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gapes British  

/ ɡeɪps /

noun

1. a disease of young domestic fowl, characterized by gaping or gasping for breath and caused by parasitic worms ( gapeworms )

2. informal a fit of yawning

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Other Word Forms

• gapy
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of gapes

see origin at gape, -s ³

Example Sentences

Mike Gapes, a former Labour MP who now represents a small, centrist party, was also on the Left of Britain’s politics in those early days.

From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2019

And then you slide down the ladders of glamour: Mike Gapes taking a baffled Lemar from Fame Academy out for a Harvester.

From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2019

The Jewish Chronicle reported in August 2018 that Gapes was set to quit, with him describing the party as a "horrible place to be".

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2019

One of those, Mike Gapes, has said he is putting the interests of the country ahead of party by doing so.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2015

A single chasm, a gulf of gloomy blue, Gapes in the centre of the sea—and through That dark mysterious gulf ascending, sound Innumerable streams with roar profound.

From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 by Knight, William