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\ ˈgāp

, sometimes ˈgap

\

1 a

: to open the mouth wide

b

: to open or part widely

holes gaped in the pavement

2

: to gaze stupidly or in open-mouthed surprise or wonder

gaped at the squabbling monkeys

3

: yawn

The dull lecture made the students gape .

1

: an act or instance of opening the mouth wide or of keeping the mouth open wide

One piranha, she discovered, went from wide-open gape to shut jaws in less than five milliseconds, far faster than the wink of an eye. — Per Ola d'Aulaire and Emily d'Aulaire It seemed his mouth was always sort of hanging open in a stupid gape … — Jill McCorkle At first glance, the case seemed routine, and the suspects elicited no gapes [=open-mouthed looks] of surprise … — Michael Powell and Nicholas Confessore She was pushing an unwieldy shopping cart in the street, trying to keep out of the way of oncoming cars, ignoring the gapes of passersby. — Joan Levine

— often used in combination gape -mouthed He looked at his men, all of them staring gape -jawed at him … — David Abrams

sometimes, specifically

: yawn entry 2 sense 2

… another hour of pleasure or of penance was to be sat out, another hour of music was to give delight or the gapes [=a fit of yawning] … — Jane Austen

2 a

: the expanse of an open mouth : the opening formed by the open mouth of an animal (such as a bird, fish, or snake)

An eel, like most fishes, amphibians, and reptiles, is gape limited, meaning it can eat only what it can swallow … — Gene S. Helfman

b

: the line along which the mandibles (see mandible sense 1c ) of a bird close

3 a

: something resembling an open mouth (such as an unfilled space or extent)

A hole, in whitewater parlance, is a recirculating maw of foam. … Its gape shows like a frothy smirk or, depending on viewpoint, a frown. — David Quammen

b

: the width of an opening

… gyratory crushers having a gape suitable for the coarsest crushing … — A. M. Gaudin

: a disease of birds and especially young birds in which gapeworms invade and irritate the trachea (see trachea sense 1 )

a case of gapes

— often used with the … an outbreak of the gapes , a disease of fowls caused by worms in the windpipe. — John Cheever

gapingly
\
ˈgā-piŋ-lē
, ˈga-piŋ-
\
adverb

Verb

she suddenly realized she had been gaping at the good-looking waiter instead of giving him her order

Noun

I told him to stop staring, that his rather stupid gape was annoying.

Summoning their inner thespians, possums keel over when cornered, allowing their mouths to gape open in apparent death.

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Doug Maccash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 23 Dec. 2020

His tough, often mean-spirited, sexist speech created a spectacle that Americans couldn’t help but gape at.

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Nicole Goodkind, Fortune , 7 Nov. 2020

When a young food runner fumbled over the ingredients in pastry chef Anne Blanchard’s refreshing dessert (crisp pink grapefruit sorbet, buttery strawberry sablé, lime cream), the senior server standing behind him didn’t swoop in or gape in horror.

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Adam Erace, Fortune , 8 Mar. 2020

The Grand Canyon this is not — but the cracks were sizable enough to make visitors gape .

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Giulia Mcdonnell Nieto Del Rio, latimes.com , 9 July 2019

And as women with full chests know, finding a button-down that doesn't gape at the buttons is nearly impossible, so Chan added hidden buttons to make sure the shirt doesn't pull open at the bust.

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Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 Sep. 2019

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Patagonia’s nylon-spandex bikini top ($55) has a generous band under the bust that prevents gape , and the halter fit and adjustable ties hold everything in place.

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Amy Jurries, Outside Online , 14 May 2015

Memory foam cups give your boobs a natural lift and help prevent gape for optimal comfort.

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Susan Brickell, Health.com , 14 Oct. 2021

Rangers estimate that up to 800 people gape at the park’s storied red rock during peak spring and fall weekends, with 400 to 600 of those being rim-to-rim runners and hikers hauling up and down 4,000-foot drops and climbs.

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Hannah Weinberger, Outside Online , 15 Sep. 2021

The gape face is often accompanied by nausea and a desire to run away or otherwise gain distance from the offensive thing, as well as the urge to clean oneself.

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New York Times , 27 Dec. 2021

Return to street to gape at what looks like a massive erupting volcano spewing impossibly wide plume of orange-brown-gray smoke into the sky where the towers used to stand.

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Damon Linker, The Week , 11 Sep. 2017

Witherspoon sustained significant injuries herself including a gape in her head and a cut in her hand that required surgery.

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ABC News , 11 Nov. 2021

On Friday, customers at the Ocean Avenue Walgreens stopped to gape at a sign in the front window.

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Rachel Swan, Danielle Echevarria, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Oct. 2021

But that vision belongs in the realm of rapturous poetry, not for us film lovers to gape in awestruck amazement at the foolishness.

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Los Angeles Times , 24 Sep. 2021

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1

: to stare with the mouth open in surprise or wonder

… he stood and gaped at her in astonishment … — Astrid Lindgren , Pippi Longstocking

2

: to open or part widely

a gaping wound

: an act or instance of opening or staring with the mouth open

He ignored everyone's stunned gapes .

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These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gape.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback .

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Middle English gapen , borrowed from Old Norse gapa , going back to Germanic *gapōn- (whence Middle Dutch gapen "to gaze stupidly," Middle High German gaffen ), perhaps of phonesthemic origin
“Gape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gape. Accessed 26 Aug. 2022.
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