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gaping

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Synonyms: gasping, gazing, gawping, aping, gaming, taping, japing, vaping, gapping, gating, raping

Antonyms: gasping, gazing, gawping, aping, gaming, taping, japing, vaping, gapping, gating, raping

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Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of gape

Adjective

  1. Wide open.
    • There’s a gaping hole in the fence.
  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.

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