gape
noun/ɡeɪp/
/ɡeɪp/
- 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.
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- a large wide open mouth or beak
- The perch has the large eye and wide gape of an active hunter.
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