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gape

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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.

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