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Gaping
/ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/
To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
📖 Definitions of "Gaping"
verb
- 1
To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
- 2
To stare in wonder.
- 3
To open wide; to display a gap.
- 4
Of a cat: to open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.
adjective
- 1
Wide open.
"There’s a gaping hole in the fence."
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