gapingn.

/ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/

Etymology: < gape v. + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of gape v. in various senses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > action or process of opening > gaping open or opening wide

gapingc1374

chasm1596

yawn1697

yawning1820

dehiscence1828

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [noun] > gaping or yawning

ganingc1000

galpingc1386

gaping1581

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) ii. metr. ii. 24 Crewel rauyne deuowrynge al that thei han getyn sheweth oother gapynges.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 186/1 Gapynge, hiatus, hiacio.

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xv. 69 Those..that be cumbred with much gaping & yawning.

1619 M. Boyle in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. II. 237 In Dublin there is much gapeing at Cashelles death.

1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 316 The Lady Millener paid dear enough for her gaping after the Queen.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 424 The particular kind of pandiculation, to which the first of these movements gives rise being called Oscitancy, Yawning or Gaping.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 287 The painted dragon head that ye note now Grin at Jove's temple door with gapings vain.

2. A deep opening or chasm in the earth. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > chasm or cleft

chinec1050

earth-chinea1300

kinc1330

chimneyc1374

haga1400

riftc1400

refta1425

dungeonc1475

rupturec1487

gaping1539

rent1603

chasm1621

abrupt1624

hiulcitya1681

clove1779

score1790

strid1862

fent1878

1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye (1823) 70 Curtius..was contente for sauyng of the citie of Rome..to leape into a gapyng of the erth.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 281 They found such a deepe and wide gaping of the rocke, betwixt them and the enemie.

1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. 148 As we shewed before in explaining the chanel of the ocean, it left a gaping in the middle, or an abyss-chanel, as I should call it.

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1752) 27 There was not a piece of earth to be seen..but it had large gapings in it.

Compounds

† gaping-seed n. Obsolete (see gape-seed n.).

gaping-stock n. an object of open-mouthed wonder (cf. gazing stock n., laughing stock n.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder

wonderc700

wonderinga1100

selcouthc1175

sellya1200

ferlyc1275

wondernessc1275

wonder thingc1290

adventurec1300

marvelc1300

marvellingc1400

wonderelc1440

signc1450

admiration1490

wonderment1542

wondering stockc1555

miracle-worker1561

singularity1576

stupor mundi1587

miracle1595

marvellation1599

portent1607

astonishment1611

prodigy1616

magnale1623

magnality1646

mirable1646

phenomenon1741

gaping-stock1817

reacher1825

stunner1829

buster1833

caution1834

merry-go-rounder1838

knock-down1843

astonisher1871

marvelry1874

mazer1876

phenom1881

whizzer1888

knock-out1892

whizz1908

doozy1916

doozer1930

heart-stopper1940

blockbuster1942

ooh-ah1957

mind-blower1968

stonker1987

1817 W. Godwin Mandeville II. ii. 40 I was to be a gaping stock and a scorn to all the young volunteers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

gapingadj.

/ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/

Etymology: < gape v. + -ing suffix².

That gapes, in various senses of the verb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > wide open or gaping

yawningc893

wideOE

wide open?c1225

gap-wide1582

gaping1594

mouthed1609

patulous1616

wide-opened1635

dehiscent1649

discontinuous1667

patulent1712

hiant1800

yawn-mouthed1861

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] > open-mouthed

yawningc890

galpingc1386

open-mouthed?1533

gaping1594

wide-mouth?c1599

mouthed1609

slack-jawed1642

slack-mouthed1642

open-mouth1702

wide-mouthed1776

gapish1850

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. iii. 249 Who art thou that lately didst descend, Into this gaping hollow of the earth.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 469 He met with a gaping lyon.

1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 81 To be deafened with the noise of gaping boys.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 109 Hov'ring there, With gaping Mouths, they draw prolifick air.

1730 H. St. John in J. Swift Lett. Dr. Swift (1741) 129 We see Cato, and Brutus..as they really were, and not such as the gaping multitude of their own age took them to be.

1749 S. Johnson Vanity Human Wishes 6 Few know the toiling Statesman's Fear or Care, Th' insidious Rival and the gaping Heir.

1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 246 Bivalves are said to be close when the valves fit accurately, and gaping when they cannot be completely shut.

1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals ix. 236 No determined man probably ever had an habitually gaping mouth.

1884 Public Opinion 11 July 30/1 The people's representatives are made to stand like gaping fools before the universe.

in combination.1670 T. Brooks Wks. (1867) VI. 303 Gaping-mouthed men are noted for fools by Lucian.

Derivatives

ˈgapingly adv. with open mouth; eagerly; amazedly. †Also, with hiatus.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adverb] > in a surprised manner

gapingly?1571

surprisedly1680

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adverb] > open

gapingly?1571

full-moutha1605

agape1667

?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Gij Sche that quhilere gapingly sought for euery small breath of suspicioun against hir husband..of hir awne accorde offreth him a louer.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 1341 To coine wordes so in his style, that vowels meete together gapingly.

1812 L. Hunt in Examiner 14 Dec. 785/1 He has not been accustomed to be..so gapingly at a loss.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters ii. ii. 89 I hearkened to it by the hour, gapingly hearkened, and let my cigarette go out.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	gaping
释义	gapingn. /ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/ Etymology: < gape v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of gape v. in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > action or process of opening > gaping open or opening wide gapingc1374 chasm1596 yawn1697 yawning1820 dehiscence1828 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [noun] > gaping or yawning ganingc1000 galpingc1386 gaping1581 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) ii. metr. ii. 24 Crewel rauyne deuowrynge al that thei han getyn sheweth oother gapynges. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 186/1 Gapynge, hiatus, hiacio. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xv. 69 Those..that be cumbred with much gaping & yawning. 1619 M. Boyle in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. II. 237 In Dublin there is much gapeing at Cashelles death. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 316 The Lady Millener paid dear enough for her gaping after the Queen. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 424 The particular kind of pandiculation, to which the first of these movements gives rise being called Oscitancy, Yawning or Gaping. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 287 The painted dragon head that ye note now Grin at Jove's temple door with gapings vain. 2. A deep opening or chasm in the earth. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > chasm or cleft chinec1050 earth-chinea1300 kinc1330 chimneyc1374 haga1400 riftc1400 refta1425 dungeonc1475 rupturec1487 gaping1539 rent1603 chasm1621 abrupt1624 hiulcitya1681 clove1779 score1790 strid1862 fent1878 1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye (1823) 70 Curtius..was contente for sauyng of the citie of Rome..to leape into a gapyng of the erth. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 281 They found such a deepe and wide gaping of the rocke, betwixt them and the enemie. 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. 148 As we shewed before in explaining the chanel of the ocean, it left a gaping in the middle, or an abyss-chanel, as I should call it. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1752) 27 There was not a piece of earth to be seen..but it had large gapings in it. Compounds † gaping-seed n. Obsolete (see gape-seed n.). gaping-stock n. an object of open-mouthed wonder (cf. gazing stock n., laughing stock n.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder wonderc700 wonderinga1100 selcouthc1175 sellya1200 ferlyc1275 wondernessc1275 wonder thingc1290 adventurec1300 marvelc1300 marvellingc1400 wonderelc1440 signc1450 admiration1490 wonderment1542 wondering stockc1555 miracle-worker1561 singularity1576 stupor mundi1587 miracle1595 marvellation1599 portent1607 astonishment1611 prodigy1616 magnale1623 magnality1646 mirable1646 phenomenon1741 gaping-stock1817 reacher1825 stunner1829 buster1833 caution1834 merry-go-rounder1838 knock-down1843 astonisher1871 marvelry1874 mazer1876 phenom1881 whizzer1888 knock-out1892 whizz1908 doozy1916 doozer1930 heart-stopper1940 blockbuster1942 ooh-ah1957 mind-blower1968 stonker1987 1817 W. Godwin Mandeville II. ii. 40 I was to be a gaping stock and a scorn to all the young volunteers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019). gapingadj. /ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/ Etymology: < gape v. + -ing suffix². That gapes, in various senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > wide open or gaping yawningc893 wideOE wide open?c1225 gap-wide1582 gaping1594 mouthed1609 patulous1616 wide-opened1635 dehiscent1649 discontinuous1667 patulent1712 hiant1800 yawn-mouthed1861 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] > open-mouthed yawningc890 galpingc1386 open-mouthed?1533 gaping1594 wide-mouth?c1599 mouthed1609 slack-jawed1642 slack-mouthed1642 open-mouth1702 wide-mouthed1776 gapish1850 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. iii. 249 Who art thou that lately didst descend, Into this gaping hollow of the earth. View more context for this quotation 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 469 He met with a gaping lyon. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 81 To be deafened with the noise of gaping boys. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 109 Hov'ring there, With gaping Mouths, they draw prolifick air. View more context for this quotation 1730 H. St. John in J. Swift Lett. Dr. Swift (1741) 129 We see Cato, and Brutus..as they really were, and not such as the gaping multitude of their own age took them to be. 1749 S. Johnson Vanity Human Wishes 6 Few know the toiling Statesman's Fear or Care, Th' insidious Rival and the gaping Heir. 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 246 Bivalves are said to be close when the valves fit accurately, and gaping when they cannot be completely shut. 1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals ix. 236 No determined man probably ever had an habitually gaping mouth. 1884 Public Opinion 11 July 30/1 The people's representatives are made to stand like gaping fools before the universe. in combination.1670 T. Brooks Wks. (1867) VI. 303 Gaping-mouthed men are noted for fools by Lucian. Derivatives ˈgapingly adv. with open mouth; eagerly; amazedly. †Also, with hiatus. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adverb] > in a surprised manner gapingly?1571 surprisedly1680 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adverb] > open gapingly?1571 full-moutha1605 agape1667 ?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Gij Sche that quhilere gapingly sought for euery small breath of suspicioun against hir husband..of hir awne accorde offreth him a louer. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 1341 To coine wordes so in his style, that vowels meete together gapingly. 1812 L. Hunt in Examiner 14 Dec. 785/1 He has not been accustomed to be..so gapingly at a loss. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters ii. ii. 89 I hearkened to it by the hour, gapingly hearkened, and let my cigarette go out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.c1374adj.?1571
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