gaping

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

present participle and gerund of gape

Adj

1. Wide open.
2. Having the jaw wide open, as in astonishment or stupefaction.

Noun

1. The act of one who gapes.
2. Something gaping; something agape.
3. A threat or courtship behavior in animals involving holding the mouth open and displaying the teeth or other interior features.

gape

• Verb
• Noun

Leer más

Conceptos

abierto

Sinónimos

open

yawning

wide open

agape

empty

hollow

yawn

large

open-mouthed

perforated

rent

severe

split

stare

wide

wide-eyed

be wide open

with a whack

slowly and lazily

large and deep

having gaps

absentmindedly

be gaping

chapped

cleft

cracked

fissured

flabbergasted

gape

Traducciones

béant

ouvert

grand’ouvert

escancarado

gähnend

aberto

grand ouvert

نجلاؤ

نجلاء

انجل

verblüfft

verdutzt

klaffend

mit offenem Mund

gaffend

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: gaping

Heredado de inglés medio: gapynge

In summary

From Middle English gaping, gapynge, variants of Middle English gapand, gapande, equivalent to gape + -ing.