gaping

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -eɪpɪŋ

From Middle English gaping, gapynge, variants of Middle English gapand, gapande, equivalent to gape +‎ -ing.

gaping

1. present participle of gape

gaping (comparative more gaping, superlative most gaping)

1. Wide open.

   There's a gaping hole in the fence.

From Middle English gapynge, equivalent to gape +‎ -ing.

gaping (plural gapings)

1. The act of one who gapes.
   • 1820, John Cooke, A Treatise on Nervous Diseases: Vol. I on Apoplexy

     M. Le Gallois considers these gapings, which continue for some time after decapitation, as the vain efforts of the head for respiration.

2. Something gaping; something agape.

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