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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
gape    Audio Help   [geyp, gap] Pronunciation Key verb, gaped, gap·ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1.to stare with open mouth, as in wonder.
2.to open the mouth wide involuntarily, as the result of hunger, sleepiness, or absorbed attention.
3.to open as a gap; split or become open wide.
–noun
4.a wide opening; gap; breach.
5.an act or instance of gaping.
6.a stare, as in astonishment or with the mouth wide open.
7.a yawn.
8.Zoology. the width of the open mouth.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME < ON gapa to open the mouth wide; cf. G gaffen]

gap·ing·ly, adverb

1. See gaze. 2, 3. yawn.
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gape    Audio Help   (gāp, gāp)  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   gaped, gap·ing, gapes
  1. To open the mouth wide; yawn.
  2. To stare wonderingly or stupidly, often with the mouth open. See Synonyms at gaze.
  3. To open wide: The curtains gaped when the wind blew.

n.  
  1. The act or an instance of gaping.
  2. A large opening.
  3. Zoology The width of the space between the open jaws or mandibles of a vertebrate.
  4. gapes (used with a sing. verb) A disease of birds, especially young domesticated chickens and turkeys, caused by gapeworms and resulting in obstructed breathing.
  5. gapes A fit of yawning.


[Middle English gapen, from Old Norse gapa.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
gape 
c.1220, from O.N. gapa "to open the mouth, gape," common W.Gmc. (cf. M.Du. gapen, Ger. gaffen), of unknown origin.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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gape

noun
1. an expression of openmouthed astonishment 
2. a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open) 

verb
1. look with amazement; look stupidly [syn: goggle
2. be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
gape [geip] verb
to stare with open mouth, eg in surprise
Example: The children gaped at the monkeys.
Arabic: يَفْغَرُ فَمَه
Chinese (Simplified): 目瞪口呆,张口凝视
Chinese (Traditional): 目瞪口呆,張口凝視
Czech: civět (s otevřenými ústy)
Danish: måbe
Dutch: gapen
Estonian: ammuli sui vahtima
Finnish: töllistellä suu auki
French: rester bouche bée
German: anstaunen
Greek: χάσκω, κοιτάζω με ανοιχτό το στόμα
Hungarian: tátja a száját
Icelandic: gapa
Indonesian: ternganga
Italian: restare a bocca aperta*
Japanese: ぽかんと口を開ける
Korean: 입을 딱 벌리고 바라보다
Latvian: blenzt (ar pavērtu muti)
Lithuanian: spoksoti
Norwegian: måpe, glo (med åpen munn)
Polish: gapić się
Portuguese (Brazil): embasbacar-se
Portuguese (Portugal): embasbacar
Romanian: a căsca gura
Russian: глазеть
Slovak: civieť
Slovenian: strmeti
Spanish: mirar boquiabierto
Swedish: gapa, glo, bliga
Turkish: ağzı açık kalmak
See also: gaping

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Gape

Cape\, v. i. [See Gape.] To gape. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Gape

Gap\, n. [OE. gap; cf. Icel. gap an empty space, Sw. gap mouth, breach, abyss, Dan. gab mouth, opening, AS. geap expanse; as adj., wide, spacious. See Gape.] An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass.

Miseries ensued by the opening of that gap. --Knolles.

It would make a great gap in your own honor. --Shak.

Gap lathe (Mach.), a turning lathe with a deep notch in the bed to admit of turning a short object of large diameter.

To stand in the gap, to expose one's self for the protection of something; to make defense against any assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen defender or supporter.

To stop a gap, to secure a weak point; to repair a defect.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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