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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | facial expression, facial gesture |
| Has types | rictus |
gape::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | stare |
Examples of gape
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It's so real you can almost feel the spray, and mouths gape as the swell builds.
From the couriermail.com.au
Live Greenshell mussels usually gape a little when they're on display under spray.
From the themuslimweekly.com
When an interviewee appears wearing a stuffed animal head, Stone and Lee gape.
From the guardian.co.uk
They too are all musicians who make you gape as you watch and listen to them.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
One can only gape in awe at the ability she has shown from such an auspicious start.
From the time.com
The framing encourages the reader to step back and gape in amazement at the subject.
From the scienceblogs.com
If there were a collective noun for tourists to these islands, I'd call them a gape.
From the couriermail.com.au
Once directly face-to-face, they gape their mouths and expand their throats.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The hope is that you'll gape at the grand tapestry and overlook the seams.
From the newsday.com
- An expression of openmouthed astonishment
- Goggle: look with amazement; look stupidly
- Be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon"
- A stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open)
- (gaping) agape(p): with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe; "the gaping audience"; "we stood there agape with wonder"; "with mouth agape"
- (Gapes) Michael John "Mike" Gapes (born 4 September 1952) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford South since 1992.
- (Gaping) Abeyance, (from the Old French abeance meaning "gaping"), is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right to them is not vested in any one person, but awaits the appearance or determination of the true owner. ...
- An act of gaping; a yawn; To open the mouth wide
- (gaped) (vb.): To gape at someone is to stare at that person with your mouth open. See a rather extreme example of gaping.
