gape /gāp/

1. To open the mouth wide
2. To yawn
3. To stare with open mouth
4. To be wide open
5. To bawl (Shakespeare)

1. An act of gaping
2. The extent to which the mouth can be opened
3. The angle of the mouth
4. A wide opening, parting, fissure, chasm, or failure to meet
5. In a fish-hook, the width between the point and the shank
6. (in pl) a yawning fit
7. (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

gāˈper noun

1. A person who gapes
2. A mollusc (genus Mya) with a shell gaping at each end
3. A sea-perch (genus Serranus)
4. An easy catch (cricket sl)

gāˈping noun and adjective

gāˈpingly adverb

gapeˈseed noun (dialect)

1. An imaginary commodity that the gaping starer is supposed to be seeking or sowing
2. Hence, the act of staring open-mouthed, or the object stared at

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