gaping
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/
Verb
  1. present participle of gape#English|gape
Adjective

gaping

  1. Wide open.
    There’s a gaping hole in the fence.
Translations 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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