gape

gape is a 4-letter English word with 11 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To open the mouth wide. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To open the mouth wide
2. intransitive verb. Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape.
3. intransitive verb. Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn.
4. intransitive verb. To pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus.
5. intransitive verb. To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at.
6. noun. The act of gaping; a yawn.
7. noun. The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc.
8. noun. a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open)
9. noun. an expression of openmouthed astonishment
10. verb. look with amazement; look stupidly

    Synonyms: gawk, gawp, goggle

11. verb. be wide open

    "the deep gaping canyon"

    Synonyms: yaw, yawn

Synonyms

gawk, gawp, goggle, yaw, yawn

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in gape:

page, peag, pega

Common word forms

gaped, gaper, gapes, gaping

Words from these letters

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