gape

/หˆษกeษชp/

IPA: /G EY1 P/

noun
  1. 1

    An act of gaping; a yawn.

  2. 2

    A large opening.

  3. 3

    A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.

  4. 4

    The width of an opening.

  5. 5

    The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open.

verb
  1. 1

    To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.

  2. 2

    To stare in wonder.

  3. 3

    To open wide; to display a gap.

  4. 4

    Of a cat: to open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gape