- [intransitive] gape (at somebody/something) to stare at somebody/something with your mouth open because you are shocked or surprised
- Isabel gaped at him, horrified.
- Frank gaped. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing.
- What are you gaping at?
Oxford Collocations DictionaryadverbprepositionphrasesSee full entry - [intransitive] to be or become wide open
- a gaping hole/mouth/wound
- A huge chasm gaped before them.
- gape open He stood yawning, his pyjama jacket gaping open.
- The empty cash box lay gaping open in one corner.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryadverbprepositionphrasesSee full entry Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse gapa; related to gap.