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gaping

/ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
  2. To stare in wonder.
  3. To open wide; to display a gap.
  4. Of a cat: to open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.
  5. Wide open.
  6. The act of one who gapes.
  7. Something gaping; something agape.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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