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gape /gāp/ intransitive verb- To open the mouth wide
- To yawn
- To stare with open mouth
- To be wide open
- To bawl (Shakespeare)
noun- An act of gaping
- The extent to which the mouth can be opened
- The angle of the mouth
- A wide opening, parting, fissure, chasm, or failure to meet
- In a fish-hook, the width between the point and the shank
- (in pl) a yawning fit
- (in pl) a disease of birds of which gaping is a symptom, caused by a threadworm (Syngamus, or gapeˈworm) in the windpipe and bronchial tubes
ORIGIN: ON gapa to open the mouth; Ger gaffen to stare gāˈper noun - A person who gapes
- A mollusc (genus Mya) with a shell gaping at each end
- A sea-perch (genus Serranus)
- An easy catch (cricket sl)
gāˈping noun and adjective gāˈpingly adverb gapeˈseed noun (dialect) - An imaginary commodity that the gaping starer is supposed to be seeking or sowing
- Hence, the act of staring open-mouthed, or the object stared at
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