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adjective
Date: 1588
wide open <a gaping hole>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
gaping
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gaping — 1570s (implied in gapingly), prp. adj. from GAPE (Cf. gape) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
gaping — [adj] wide open broad, cavernous, chasmal, great, vast, yawning; concepts 485,490 Ant. closed, shut … New thesaurus
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Gaping — Gape Gape (g[aum]p; in Eng, commonly g[=a]p; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gaped} (g[aum]pt or g[=a]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gaping}] [OE. gapen, AS. geapan to open; akin to D. gapen to gape, G. gaffen, Icel. & Sw. gapa, Dan. gabe; cf. Skr. jabh to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gaping — gap·ing (gāʹpĭng) adj. Deep and wide open: a gaping wound; a gaping hole. gapʹing·ly adv. * * * … Universalium
gaping — gap|ing [ geıpıŋ ] adjective a gaping hole or space is very large: a gaping wound … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
gaping — UK [ˈɡeɪpɪŋ] / US adjective a gaping hole or space is very large a gaping wound … English dictionary
gaping — 1) the act of opening the gape 2) parting of fish flakes as the connective tissues break down. Roundfish gape more than flatfish and some species, e.g. ling, Molva molva and wolffishes, Anarhichas rarely gape. Gaping reduces market value … Dictionary of ichthyology
gaping — adjective Wide open. a gaping hole … Wiktionary
