gaping
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/ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/
English
Definitions
verb
- 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.
adjective
- Wide open.“There’s a gaping hole in the fence.”
noun
- The act of one who gapes.
- Something gaping; something agape.