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Definition of gaping in English: gapingadjective ˈɡeɪpɪŋˈɡeɪpɪŋ (of a hole, wound, etc.) wide open. there was a gaping hole in the wall Example sentencesExamples - A gaping whole in the education of modern man has been this story.
- Unfortunately, the law left a gaping loophole.
- It has exposed gaping holes in the apparatus of government whose primary duty is to protect its citizens.
- This leaves a gaping hole at the centre of the liberationist argument.
- The residents echoed that there were gaping potholes on the roads.
- And I have looked, really I have, but nowhere can I find a gaping hole in my life.
- Ransby acknowledges to readers the gaping hole in her work.
- The gaping vacuum has resulted in violence, some of it targeted at women.
- Then turn an angle of the rock and advance a few paces, when your lights flash upon the gaping oyster-shell.
- Still ahead, a gaping hole opened up in a passenger plane during an Alaska Airlines flight 26,000 feet in the air.
- This award will serve the purpose of filling two gaping holes in the higher education landscape.
- The family circle is left with a ragged, gaping tear.
- A broad smile dribbled down from the bottom of his gaping lips.
- Called the Mouth of Truth, this carved face with gaping maw is a sort of primitive lie detector.
- Tank tracks had torn up the pavement and there were gaping holes in several houses.
- Their indignation is revealing, for it exposes a gaping hole in their original argument.
- The frontal view is terrifying and mask-like, with wild staring eyes, a gaping mouth and savage teeth.
- The door waits to be smashed open, the drawers to be pulled and left gaping.
- Enter Currie whose craft on the left wing opened up gaping wounds in the home defence.
- The central defining social fact of our world is gaping global inequality.
Synonyms cavernous, yawning, wide, broad vast, huge, enormous, immense, extensive
Derivatives adverbˈɡeɪpɪŋliˈɡeɪpɪŋli There's a gapingly obvious lack of real anger and social or political comment. Example sentencesExamples - He blinked, and stared gapingly at the child for a moment.
- His right flank is now gapingly vulnerable to an attack.
Definition of gaping in US English: gapingadjectiveˈɡeɪpɪŋˈɡāpiNG (of a hole, wound, etc.) wide open. there was a gaping hole in the wall Example sentencesExamples - Unfortunately, the law left a gaping loophole.
- This leaves a gaping hole at the centre of the liberationist argument.
- It has exposed gaping holes in the apparatus of government whose primary duty is to protect its citizens.
- Enter Currie whose craft on the left wing opened up gaping wounds in the home defence.
- The door waits to be smashed open, the drawers to be pulled and left gaping.
- The family circle is left with a ragged, gaping tear.
- Called the Mouth of Truth, this carved face with gaping maw is a sort of primitive lie detector.
- A broad smile dribbled down from the bottom of his gaping lips.
- Tank tracks had torn up the pavement and there were gaping holes in several houses.
- The central defining social fact of our world is gaping global inequality.
- Still ahead, a gaping hole opened up in a passenger plane during an Alaska Airlines flight 26,000 feet in the air.
- A gaping whole in the education of modern man has been this story.
- Their indignation is revealing, for it exposes a gaping hole in their original argument.
- Then turn an angle of the rock and advance a few paces, when your lights flash upon the gaping oyster-shell.
- The residents echoed that there were gaping potholes on the roads.
- The frontal view is terrifying and mask-like, with wild staring eyes, a gaping mouth and savage teeth.
- The gaping vacuum has resulted in violence, some of it targeted at women.
- And I have looked, really I have, but nowhere can I find a gaping hole in my life.
- Ransby acknowledges to readers the gaping hole in her work.
- This award will serve the purpose of filling two gaping holes in the higher education landscape.
Synonyms cavernous, yawning, wide, broad
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