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   gape

   /ɡeɪp/

   verb

   • 1. be or become wide open: "a large duffel bag gaped open by her feet" Similar open wideopen upyawnpartcracksplit
   • ▪ stare with one's mouth open wide in amazement or wonder: "he gaped at Sharp in silence" Similar starestare open-mouthedstare in wondergawkgogglegazeoglelook fixedlylook vacantlyinformal:rubberneckgawp

   noun

   • 1. a wide opening: "a gape of the jaws"
   • ▪ an open-mouthed stare: "she climbed into her sports car to the gapes of passers-by"
   • ▪ a widely open mouth or beak: "juvenile birds with yellow gapes"
   • ▪ a disease of birds with gaping of the mouth as a symptom, caused by infestation with gapeworm.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Norse gapa; related to gap.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • G

     2

   • A

     1

   • P

     3

   • E

     1

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