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1. gaping

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Usually means: Wide open; large empty space.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word gaping:

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  1. gaping: Merriam-Webster
  2. gaping: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gaping: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gaping: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gaping: Vocabulary.com
  6. Gaping, gaping: Wordnik
  7. gaping: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. gaping: Wiktionary
  9. Gaping, gaping: Dictionary.com
  10. gaping: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Gaping (disambiguation), Gaping: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Gaping: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. gaping: Rhymezone
  14. Gaping: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. gaping: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. gaping: FreeDictionary.org
  17. gaping: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. gaping: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. gaping: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. gaping: Legal dictionary

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  1. gaping: Encyclopedia

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  1. gaping: Medical dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Wide open.
▸ adjective:  Having the jaw wide open, as in astonishment or stupefaction.
▸ noun:  The act of one who gapes.
▸ noun:  Something gaping; something agape.
▸ noun:  A threat or courtship behavior in animals involving holding the mouth open and displaying the teeth or other interior features.

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agape, open, gape-mouthed, yawning, open-mouthed, wide open, gapy, agog, widemouthed, staring, more...

Opposite:
closed, shut, sealed, tight

Types:
mouth, nostril, anus, penis, more...

Phrases:
gaping maw, Gaping Gill, gaping mouths, gaping gullet, gaping hole, more...

Adjectives:
unusual, wide, little, more, great, mere, slight, frequent, grave, posterior, rim

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Similar:
agape, open, gape-mouthed, yawning, open-mouthed, wide open, gapy, agog, widemouthed, staring, more...

Opposite:
closed, shut, sealed, tight

Types:
mouth, nostril, anus, penis, more...

Phrases:
gaping maw, Gaping Gill, gaping mouths, gaping gullet, gaping hole, gaping mouth, gaping wound, gaping holes, gaping cause, spewing from their gaping holes, whole gaping, more...

Adjectives:
unusual, wide, little, more, great, mere, slight, frequent, grave, posterior, rim

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     burgundy,     maroon,     ruby, more...



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