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gaping

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??e?p??/
  • Rhymes: -e?p??

Etymology 1

From Middle English gaping, gapynge, variants of Middle English gapand, gapande, equivalent to gape +? -ing.

Verb

gaping

  1. present participle of gape

Adjective

gaping (comparative more gaping, superlative most gaping)

  1. Wide open.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English gapynge, equivalent to gape +? -ing.

Noun

gaping (plural gapings)

  1. The act of one who gapes.
    • 1820, John Cooke, A Treatise on Nervous Diseases: Vol. I on Apoplexy
      M. Le Gallois considers these gapings, which continue for some time after decapitation, as the vain efforts of the head for respiration.
  2. Something gaping; something agape.
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Anagrams

  • paging

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japing

English

Verb

japing

  1. present participle of jape

Noun

japing (plural japings)

  1. japery; joking

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