gaping

Speech parts

1. gaping - Noun

2. gaping - Adjective

3. gaping - Verb

5. gaping - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Gape

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

agape great open wide goggle extensive split huge vast broad patent enormous immense blank stare
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Antonyms

shoal bolt closed narrow covering shut
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Phrases with the word

gaping fever gaping chasm

Anagrams

paging

Examples

The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise. John Dryden

So I have the classic amateur's technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes. Bill Bruford

I - my heart - a gaping heart, enthroned in a radiance of blood. It is mine, it is ours. The heart - that wound which we have. I have compassion on myself. Henri Barbusse

They stand not aloof with the gaping vacuity of vulgar ignorance, nor bend with the cringe of sycophantic insignificance. The graceful pride of truth knows no extremes, and preserves, in every latitude of life, the right-angled character of man. Thomas Paine

And blessed is he man who stands Before his God in pain And on his back a cross of woe His wounds a gaping shame. For this man is a son of God And hallowed be thy name. Bobby Sands

He/she is gaping like a calf at the painted gate. Polish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

gapful gapicomine gapik gaping chasm gaping fever gapingly