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[ geyp, gap ] / geɪp, gæp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR gape ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object), gaped, gap·ing.to stare with open mouth, as in wonder. to open the mouth wide involuntarily, as the result of hunger, sleepiness, or absorbed attention. to open as a gap; split or become open wide. nouna wide opening; gap; breach. an act or instance of gaping. a stare, as in astonishment or with the mouth wide open. a yawn. Zoology. the width of the open mouth. Origin of gape1175–1225; Middle English, from Old Norse gapa “to open the mouth wide”; compare German gaffen SYNONYMS FOR gapeSEE SYNONYMS FOR gape ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for gape1. See gaze. OTHER WORDS FROM gapegap·ing·ly, adverbsub·gape, verb (used without object), sub·gaped, sub·gap·ing.un·gap·ing, adjectiveWords nearby gapeGao Xingjian, Gaoxiong, gap, gap 1, gap 2, gape, gaper, gapes, gapeseed, gapeworm, gaping Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gapeWe want to relate to their humanity rather than gape at their untouchable infallibility. Britney Spears Is the Last of the Pop Goddesses|Kevin Fallon|December 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST Gape at the chart that shows the chilling growth in derivatives, just one flavor of “structured product.” Soothsayers of Silicon Valley|Adam Hanft|October 23, 2008|DAILY BEAST All he could do was stand on the bell-deck and gape after me like the rest and growl. Careers of Danger and Daring|Cleveland Moffett "We have been on our feet nearly twenty-four hours, and I think you must be about played out," said the sergeant with a gape. A Lieutenant at Eighteen|Oliver Optic
Bill feeble, gape extending to beneath the posterior angle of the eye. A Synopsis of the Birds of North America|John James Audubon The very telegraph posts seemed to gape with envy and admiration as he passed. More William|Richmal Crompton Father Holland and I were too much amazed to do aught but gape from each other to the dark window. Lords of the North|A. C. Laut
British Dictionary definitions for gape
verb (intr)to stare in wonder or amazement, esp with the mouth open to open the mouth wide, esp involuntarily, as in yawning or hunger to be or become wide openthe crater gaped under his feet nounthe act of gaping a wide opening; breach the width of the widely opened mouth of a vertebrate a stare or expression of astonishment Word Origin for gapeC13: from Old Norse gapa; related to Middle Dutch gapen, Danish gabe Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to gapestare, glare, gloat, rubberneck, eye, look, goggle, focus, yawp, beam, ogle, peer, bore, wonder, eyeball, cleave, divide, yaw, gap, yawn |