gaping

gap·ing

adjective

Deep and wide open: a gaping wound; a gaping hole.

Related Forms:

gap′ing·ly
adverb

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Verb

Present participle of gape.

Adjective

(comparative more gaping, superlative most gaping)

Wide open.
a gaping hole.

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Sentence Examples

Carmen regained control of her gaping jaw.
And then the car slowly tilted toward the gaping canyon below.
There was nothing but a gaping chasm where the temple had been.
Pinnidae.-Shell elongated, truncated and gaping posteriorly.
While the crow-flies distance across the gaping gorge was only a half-mile, Dean was at least twenty minutes away in driving time.

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