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gaped

The correct spelling is gaped.

How to pronounce gaped

verb

IPA: /ɡeɪpt/

Say it like: Gap-ed

The correct spelling is gaped. To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.

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Definition

verb

  1. 1.To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
  2. 2.To stare in wonder.
  3. 3.To open wide; to display a gap.
  4. 4.Of a cat: to open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.

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