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Gapes

/ɡeɪps/

An act of gaping; a yawn.

📖 Definitions of "Gapes"

noun
  1. 1

    An act of gaping; a yawn.

  2. 2

    A large opening.

  3. 3

    A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.

  4. 4

    The width of an opening.

verb
  1. 1

    To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.

  2. 2

    To stare in wonder.

  3. 3

    To open wide; to display a gap.

  4. 4

    Of a cat: to open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.

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