Synonyms for gape

Grammar : Verb

Spell : geyp, gap

Phonetic Transcription : geɪp, gæp

Top 10 synonyms for gape

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Définition of gape

Origin : early 13c., from an unrecorded Old English word or else from Old Norse gapa "to open the mouth, gape," common West Germanic (cf. Middle Dutch, Dutch gapen, German gaffen "to gape, stare," Swedish gapa, Danish gabe), from PIE *ghai- (see gap). Related: Gaped; gaping. As a noun, from 1530s.

verb gawk
verb be wide open

Example sentences :

But I could not speak; I could only gape, choking and giddy.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

The gape of his enormous jaws was nearly as wide as the gateway of the king's palace.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Duke sank back in his chair to gape at his impetuous cousin.
Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

At that instant the whole of the heavens seemed to split and gape open.
Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum

They gape round him while he twangs and screeches, the wind-bag!
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

People came all the way from Sicyonia and Tyre to gape at it.
Extract from : « A Book of Burlesques » by H. L. Mencken

So they were forst to selle of some of their provissions to stop this gape, which was some 3.
Extract from : « Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' » by William Bradford

"You must be tired, Marian," I said to my fair companion, as I heard her gape.
Extract from : « Desk and Debit » by Oliver Optic

He had no mind to wear his heart upon his sleeve for this idle crowd to gape at.
Extract from : « Greyfriars Bobby » by Eleanor Atkinson

Bill had stopped midway in scratching his head to gape at Claire.
Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis

Antonyms for gape

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