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How to pronounce “gape”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of gape with real speech in context.
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The aversive gape, where if you drink sour milk or something
- Definition summary
- (intransitive) To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
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How to pronounce gape
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The aversive gape, where if you drink sour milk or something
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “gape”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
- (intransitive) To stare in wonder.
- (intransitive) To open wide; to display a gap.
- (intransitive, of a cat) To open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.
- (pornography) To depict a dilated anal or vaginal cavity upon penetrative sexual activity.
- [Noun]
- (uncommon) An act of gaping; a yawn.
- A large opening.
- (uncountable) A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
- The width of an opening.
- (zoology) The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open.
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