🔄 Synonyms of "Gape"
5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| gawkverb | To stare or gape stupidly. |
| gawpverb | (chiefly British) To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk. |
| gogglenoun | (in the plural) A pair of protective eyeglasses. |
| yawnnoun | (intransitive) To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation. |
| yawnoun | The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane. |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| yawnnoun | (intransitive) To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation. |
| gawpverb | (chiefly British) To stare stupidly or rudely; to gawk. |
| gogglenoun | (in the plural) A pair of protective eyeglasses. |
| gawkverb | To stare or gape stupidly. |
| yawnoun | The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane. |
| stareverb | (intransitive, followed by "at") To look fixedly (at something). |
| byssal | (malacology) Of or pertaining to the byssi, filaments secreted by certain bivalves |
| galpnoun | (intransitive, archaic) To gape; yawn. |
| oscitateverb | (archaic) To gape or yawn. |
| jawnnoun | (slang, chiefly Mid-Atlantic US) Something; a thing; any object, place, or person. |
| gacknoun | (slang) Crystal meth. |
| gaspnoun | A short, sudden intake of breath. |
| say aahverb | (chiefly imperative) To open one's mouth wide and utter a prolonged /ɑ/ (usually to allow a medical examination). |
| groannoun | A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief. |
| open one's mouthverb | (idiomatic) to speak |
| grinnoun | A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth. |
| gulpnoun | The usual amount swallowed. |
| chaunnoun | (obsolete) A gap or rift. |
| mouthnoun | (anatomy) The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested. |
| gooshnoun | That which is gushy; cloying sentimentality |
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