"gaping" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/ Forms: more gaping [comparative], most gaping [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪpɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English gaping, gapynge, variants of Middle English gapand, gapande, equivalent to gape + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gaping}} Middle English gaping, {{m|enm|gapynge}} gapynge, {{der|en|enm|gapand}} Middle English gapand, {{m|enm|gapande}} gapande, {{suffix|en|gape|ing}} gape + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} gaping (comparative more gaping, superlative most gaping)
  1. Wide open. Translations (Wide open): ἀχανής (akhanḗs) (Ancient Greek), ammottava (Finnish), béant [masculine] (French), béal-leata (Irish), doirseach (Irish), fuinneogach (Irish), hiulcus (Latin), pirara (Maori), escancarado (Portuguese), aberto (Portuguese), широко́ откры́тый (širokó) (Russian), зияющий (zijajuščij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-gaping-en-adj-0KlUEDr5 Disambiguation of 'Wide open': 62 38
  2. Having the jaw wide open, as in astonishment or stupefaction.
    Sense id: en-gaping-en-adj-wShyPQah
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/ Forms: gapings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪpɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English gapynge, equivalent to gape + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gapynge}} Middle English gapynge, {{suffix|en|gape|ing}} gape + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} gaping (plural gapings)
  1. The act of one who gapes.
    Sense id: en-gaping-en-noun-GRHO3G7w
  2. Something gaping; something agape. Translations (something agape): ἀνάπτυξις (anáptuxis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek)
    Sense id: en-gaping-en-noun-C8w0AfeM Disambiguation of 'something agape': 1 98 1
  3. A threat or courtship behavior in animals involving holding the mouth open and displaying the teeth or other interior features.
    Sense id: en-gaping-en-noun-m2iZIcDK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/
Rhymes: -eɪpɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English gaping, gapynge, variants of Middle English gapand, gapande, equivalent to gape + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gaping}} Middle English gaping, {{m|enm|gapynge}} gapynge, {{der|en|enm|gapand}} Middle English gapand, {{m|enm|gapande}} gapande, {{suffix|en|gape|ing}} gape + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} gaping
  1. present participle and gerund of gape Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: gape
    Sense id: en-gaping-en-verb-M3E1rsBH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 13 3 1 15 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 9 12 10 3 14 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1820, John Cooke, A Treatise on Nervous Diseases: Vol. I on Apoplexy",
          "text": "M. Le Gallois considers these gapings, which continue for some time after decapitation, as the vain efforts of the head for respiration.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of one who gapes."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Something gaping; something agape."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "agape",
          "agape#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A threat or courtship behavior in animals involving holding the mouth open and displaying the teeth or other interior features."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪpɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "anáptuxis",
      "sense": "something agape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀνάπτυξις"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gaping"
}

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