gape

IPA: gˈeɪp

(uncommon) An act of gaping; a yawn.
A large opening.
(uncountable) A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
The width of an opening.
(zoology) The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open.

(intransitive) To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
(intransitive) To stare in wonder.
(intransitive) To open wide; to display a gap.
(intransitive, of a cat) To open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.
(pornography) To depict a dilated anal or vaginal cavity upon penetrative sexual activity.

Examples of "gape" in Sentences

He gapes at the window.
The mouth has a very large gape.
The red gape is also prominent then.
The gape is open and tongue protuding.
The colour of the gape is yellowish to green.
They freeze and all turn to gape me at the same time.
I sensed a few people turning heads to gape at each other.
He gaped in a stiff and glassy way, as of a horse with tetanus.
Hope continued to gape at him with a mix of confusion and alarm.
The gape of the bill is therefore on the dorsal side of the bill.
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He disliked the greedy gape of the stairs and turned away as he passed it.
By the time it reaches adulthood, the gape flanges will no longer be visible.
That morning, even the geniuses who loved to sleep in rolled out of their beds to gape at the procession.
Starve him, let him miss six meals, and see gape through the veneer the hungry maw of the animal beneath.
Gadhafi shooed away cars filled with residents who stopped Tuesday to gape at the destruction caused by the bombs.
Even the most seasoned pol has to gape in stunned disbelief that John McCain, the one-time presidential candidate, is willing to give credence to made-up claims about "death panels."
There is a sports centre to make the Olympians gape, two "royal" villas for the obscenely rich, immense meeting halls and plazas, six restaurants, two golf courses and, literally, dozens of swimming pools because if you pay enough you get your own.