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gaping

Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/

The English word “gaping” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Wide open.
  2. Having the jaw wide open, as in astonishment or stupefaction.

noun

  1. The act of one who gapes.
  2. Something gaping; something agape.
  3. A threat or courtship behavior in animals involving holding the mouth open and displaying the teeth or other interior features.

Etymology

From Middle English gaping, gapynge, variants of Middle English gapand, gapande, equivalent to gape + -ing.

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