gape
Betekenis (Engels)
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- To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
- To stare in wonder.
- To open wide; to display a gap.
- To open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.
- To depict a dilated anal or vaginal cavity upon penetrative sexual activity.
Sinonieme
open mouth
open the mouth
be open-mouthed
be dumbfounded
be speechless
be aghast
be spell-bound
be astonished
wonder at
be amazed
open one’s mouth wide
open mouth wide
be large
steady look
rubber-necking
gaze at
stand gaping
surprisal
stand open
take alarm
open one’s mouth
be opened
be wide
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈɡeɪp/
Etimologie (Engels)
From Middle English gapen, from Old Norse gapa (“to gape”) (compare Swedish gapa, Danish gabe), from Proto-Germanic *gapōną (descendants Middle English geapen, Dutch gapen, German gaffen), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰеh₂b-. Cognates include Russian зяпа (zjapa).
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