gape
- Verb. (intransitive) To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, hunger, or surprise.
- Verb. (intransitive) To stare in wonder.
- Verb. (intransitive) To open wide; to display a gap.
- Noun. (context, uncommon) An act of gaping; a yawn.
- Noun. A large opening.
- Noun. A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
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