Dictionary Entry
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
- 1intransitive verb
To open the mouth wide
- 2intransitive verb
Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape.
- 3intransitive verb
Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn.
- 4intransitive verb
To pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus.
- 5intransitive verb
To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at.
- 6noun
The act of gaping; a yawn.
- 7noun
The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc.
- 8noun
a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open)
- 9noun
an expression of openmouthed astonishment
- 10verb
look with amazement; look stupidly
- 11verb
be wide open
"the deep gaping canyon"
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