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Definition of gaping : of Gape

Synonyms:

abysmal, cavernous, wide, abyssal, opened

cleaved, broken, cracked, notched, slit, breached

engrossing, astonishing, marveling, fascinating, gawking, staring, astounding, bewildering, wondering

manifest, uncapped, uncovered, agape, unbarred, yawning, unlocked, ajar, admitting, unclosed, unstopped, bare, open, accessible, exposed, unobstructed, unimpeded, unplugged, unbolted, patent

Usage examples:

• Suddenly he stopped with gaping eyes, as if he had just discovered his sentence of death among the figures. - "Salammbo", Gustave Flaubert.
• I reckons some of them white foreigners standing there gaping at us can't understand why it is that Mr. Dallas, and him a Southern- born white gentleman, should throw his arm around my shoulder at the farewell moment and pat me on the back. - "J. Poindexter, Colored", Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb.
• He went on rapidly, securing the gaping wound so that they could shift the torn body to the stretcher. - "Shelled by an Unseen Foe", James Fiske.