▸ verb: (intransitive) To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise. ▸ verb: (intransitive) To stare in wonder. ▸ verb: (intransitive) To open wide; to display a gap. ▸ verb: (intransitive, of a cat) To open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals. ▸ verb: (pornography) To depict a dilated anal or vaginal cavity upon penetrative sexual activity. ▸ noun: (uncommon) An act of gaping; a yawn. ▸ noun: A large opening. ▸ noun: (uncountable) A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping. ▸ noun: The width of an opening. ▸ noun: (zoology) The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open.
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