gape
gape /g'eɪp/ (gapes gaping gaped)
1 [VERB] V at n, V-ing, also V
If you gape, you look at someone or something in surprise, usually with an open mouth.
His secretary stopped taking notes to gape at me...
...a grotesque face with its gaping mouth.
2 [VERB] V
If you say that something such as a hole or a wound gapes, you are emphasizing that it is big or wide.
The front door was missing. A hole gaped in the roof.
● gaping [ADJ] usu ADJ n
The aircraft took off with a gaping hole in its fuselage.
...a gaping wound in her back.
1 [VERB] V at n, V-ing, also V
If you gape, you look at someone or something in surprise, usually with an open mouth.
His secretary stopped taking notes to gape at me...
...a grotesque face with its gaping mouth.
2 [VERB] V
If you say that something such as a hole or a wound gapes, you are emphasizing that it is big or wide.
The front door was missing. A hole gaped in the roof.
● gaping [ADJ] usu ADJ n
The aircraft took off with a gaping hole in its fuselage.
...a gaping wound in her back.