Gape

gāp, v.i. to open the mouth wide: to yawn: to stare with open mouth: to be open, like a gap.— n. act of gaping: width of the mouth when opened.— ns. Gap′er ; Gapes , a disease of birds, owing to the presence of trematode worms in the windpipe, shown by their uneasy gaping.— adj. Gap′ing , with mouth open in admiration.— adv. Gap′ingly . [Ice. gap a , to open the mouth; Ger. gaffen , to stare.]