From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgapegape /ɡeɪp/ verb [intransitive] 1 LOOK ATto look at something for a long time, especially with your mouth open, because you are very surprised or shocked SYN staregape at What are all these people gaping at?► see thesaurus at look2 (also gape open)OPEN to open widely or be wide open Dan stood at the door, his shirt gaping open.→ See Verb table
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gape• You may have to squeeze the edges of the wound together if the sides are gaping.• For a moment Rex and I gaped, and then Rex dived into the cabin to fetch his camera.• People stopped to gape as she walked down the street in a see-through mini-dress.• She stood there gaping at me, too shocked to speak.• I do not care much now about the way the women gape at me when I walk around in the village center.• I don't know why we're standing here for all these fools to gape at.• I could only gape in astonishment as I saw the man take the bottle from the shelf and put it under his coat.• A small boy pressed his face against the window and gaped in awe.• The wound on his neck gaped open 2 inches.• The mouth of the pouch gaped open.• But suddenly he was at the door, swaying slightly, his pyjama jacket gaping open.Origin gape (1200-1300) Old Norse gapa 