different between gating vs gaping

English

Verb

gating

1. present participle of gate

Noun

gating (plural gatings)

1. An arrangement of gates.
   • 1954, Canadian Patent Office Record

     […] said tumblers having gatings adapted for alignment so as to allow the outer pin to move entirely out of said cylinder groove as the inner pin moves into said tumbler gatings whereby to release said key plug for rotation.

Anagrams

• anti-GG

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.

Translations

Anagrams

• paging