gaping

Meanings

• Adjective, Verb

  Having or showing a wide open mouth or a large opening in general.

  - "The shark had a gaping maw."
  - "The audience gasped in shock as the magician produced a live rabbit from a gaping hat."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with gaping
cape , ape , tape , grape

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Homophones

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1. Gaping (en) : Having or showing a wide open mouth or a large opening in general.
   

2. Gaping (en) : A fault or weakness in a system or argument.
   

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Variants

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gaping , gape , gaped , gapes , gapingly

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Forms

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gapes, gaped, gaping, gapingly

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Etymology

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Originally meaning 'yawning', from Old English gapa, from gapan 'to yawn'.

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Trivia

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1. The world's largest mouth belongs to the Blue Whale, which can open its mouth up to 10 feet wide.

2. In some cultures, yawning is considered contagious and a sign of boredom or tiredness.

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Related Concepts

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1. Yawning: A natural reflex that involves opening one's mouth wide and inhaling deeply, often accompanied by a sigh.

2. Surprise: An emotion characterized by astonishment, shock, or amazement.

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Culture

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In literature, 'gaping' is often used to describe the reaction of characters to surprising or shocking events, such as in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart'. In art, there are several works that depict gaping mouths, such as Salvador Dalí's 'The Persistence of Memory'.

How to Memorize "gaping"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a wide-open mouth or a large opening in an object.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'gaping' with the image of a mouth or an opening.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic phrase, such as 'Gaping: Gape And Ponder: What's Amazing?'

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