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The correct spelling is gaping.
How to pronounce gaping
verb
IPA: /ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/
Say it like: Gap-ing
The correct spelling is gaping. To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise. For example: "There’s a gaping hole in the fence."
Usage Examples
“There’s a gaping hole in the fence.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
- 2.To stare in wonder.
- 3.To open wide; to display a gap.
- 4.Of a cat: to open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.
adjective
- 1.Wide open.
noun
- 1.The act of one who gapes.
- 2.Something gaping; something agape.
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