'Gaping' definitions:
Definition of 'gaping'
(from WordNet)
adjective
With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe; "the gaping audience"; "we stood there agape with wonder"; "with mouth agape" [syn: agape(p), gaping]
Definition of 'Gaping'
From: GCIDE
- Gape \Gape\ (g[aum]p; in Eng, commonly g[=a]p; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gaped (g[aum]pt or g[=a]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Gaping] [OE. gapen, AS. geapan to open; akin to D. gapen to gape, G. gaffen, Icel. & Sw. gapa, Dan. gabe; cf. Skr. jabh to snap at, open the mouth. Cf. Gaby, Gap.]
- 1. To open the mouth wide; as: (a) Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape. --Dryden. (b) Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn. [1913 Webster]
- She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes, And asks if it be time to rise. --Swift. [1913 Webster] (c) Showing unselfconsciousness in surprise, astonishment, expectation, etc. [1913 Webster]
- With gaping wonderment had stared aghast. --Byron. (d) Manifesting a desire to injure, devour, or overcome. [1913 Webster]
- They have gaped upon me with their mouth. --Job xvi. 10. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To open or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus. [1913 Webster]
- May that ground gape and swallow me alive! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at. [1913 Webster]
- The hungry grave for her due tribute gapes. --Denham.
- Syn: To gaze; stare; yawn. See Gaze. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gaping'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abysmal,
- abyssal,
- agape,
- aghast,
- agog,
- ajar,
- all agog,
- amazed,
- anticipant,
- anticipating,
- anticipative,
- anticipatory,
- astonished,
- astounded,
- at gaze,
- awaiting,
- awed,
- awestruck,
- beguiled,
- bewildered,
- bewitched,
- bottomless,
- breathless,
- captivated,
- cavernous,
- certain,
- chinky,
- cleft,
- cloven,
- confident,
- confounded,
- cracked,
- cut,
- deep as hell,
- dehiscence,
- dehiscent,
- dumbfounded,
- dumbstruck,
- eager,
- enchanted,
- enraptured,
- enravished,
- enthralled,
- entranced,
- expectant,
- expecting,
- fascinated,
- fathomless,
- fissured,
- fissury,
- flabbergasted,
- forearmed,
- forestalling,
- forewarned,
- gape,
- gappy,
- gauping,
- gazing,
- hopeful,
- hypnotized,
- in anticipation,
- in awe,
- in awe of,
- in expectation,
- looking for,
- looking forward to,
- lost in wonder,
- marveling,
- mesmerized,
- not surprised,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- optimistic,
- oscitancy,
- oscitant,
- oscitation,
- overwhelmed,
- pandiculation,
- plumbless,
- plunging,
- popeyed,
- prepared,
- puzzled,
- rapt in wonder,
- ready,
- rent,
- rift,
- rimose,
- rimulose,
- ringent,
- sanguine,
- slack-jawed,
- slit,
- soundless,
- spellbound,
- split,
- staggered,
- staring,
- stupefied,
- sure,
- surprised,
- the gapes,
- thunderstruck,
- under a charm,
- unfathomable,
- unfathomed,
- unsounded,
- unsurprised,
- waiting,
- waiting for,
- watching for,
- wide-eyed,
- without bottom,
- wonder-struck,
- wondering,
- yawn,
- yawning