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Definition of gape noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gape

noun
 
/ɡeɪp/
 
/ɡeɪp/
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  1. an act of staring at somebody/something with your mouth open because you are shocked or surprised
    • She climbed into her sports car to the gapes of passers-by.
  2. a large wide open mouth or beak
    • The perch has the large eye and wide gape of an active hunter.

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