Definitions
with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe
Word origin
From Middle English gaping, gapynge, variants of Middle English gapand, gapande, equivalent to gape + -ing.
Used in a sentence
“There’s a gaping hole in the fence.”
“The men who stood behind the scenes and worked the religious puppet-show by hidden wires to the awe and astonishment of the gaping vulgar.”
“M. Le Gallois considers these gapings, which continue for some time after decapitation, as the vain efforts of the head for respiration.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Wide open”6 letters
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