gape

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
2. To stare in wonder.
3. To open wide; to display a gap.
4. To open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.
5. To depict a dilated anal or vaginal cavity upon penetrative sexual activity.

Noun

1. An act of gaping; a yawn.
2. A large opening.
3. A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
4. The width of an opening.
5. The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open.

Concepten

gapen

geeuwen

dom kijken

wijd openstaan

aangapen

geeuw

opening

scheur

staren

waarnemen

openstaan

aanschouwen

beschouwen

gadeslaan

gaping

Synoniemen

yawn

stare

gawk

gaze

gawp

open wide

goggle

open mouth

open the mouth

be open-mouthed

be dumbfounded

be speechless

rubberneck

be aghast

be spell-bound

be astonished

yaw

wonder at

glare

be amazed

open one’s mouth wide

open mouth wide

be large

steady look

rubber-necking

gaw

amazement

gaup

behold

flinch

gaping

gaze at

look

open

rictus

see

👀

stand gaping

stupefaction

surprisal

stand open

wide-eyed

widen

wide open

yawp

chasma

take alarm

open one’s mouth

be opened

be wide

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɡeɪp/

Etymologie (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).