gape

/ˈɡeɪp/ · noun

Meaning

An act of gaping; a yawn.
A large opening.
A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
The width of an opening.
The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open.
To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
To stare in wonder.
To open wide; to display a gap.
Of a cat: to open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.

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