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Meanings of
gape
in English
Portuguese
ver
Catalan
contemplar
Spanish
contemplar
Back to the meaning
Look with amazement; look stupidly.
goggle
gawk
gawp
Portuguese
ver
Portuguese
bocejar
Back to the meaning
Be wide open.
yawn
yaw
Portuguese
bocejar
Synonyms
Examples for "
goggle
"
goggle
gawk
gawp
Examples for "
goggle
"
1
Look at the silly things gaping like
goggle
-
eyed
perch at the window.
2
Then the surface was broken with a gurgle, and the
goggle
-
eyes
appeared.
3
But that ugly brute; Mortimer, with his
goggle
eyes, had spoiled everything.
4
I felt mean to be stared at by such gigantic
goggle
-
eyed
creatures.
5
He picked it up, examined it, and stared at his friend,
goggle
-
eyed
.
1
Where I come from the word
gawk
means to stare, to gape.
2
Citizens of London stopped to
gawk
,
but neither Michael nor Chesna cared.
3
The standard incorporates features that originated in both new awk and
gawk
.
4
Caroline and her friends continued to
gawk
at him, all looking moon-eyed.
5
Believers who are blind now will
gawk
at the New Earth's wonders.
1
Do please come and
gawp
and cheer, but bring your own sandwiches.
2
I
gawp
at them, wondering whether they are anatomically different to me.
3
I can always take time out of my busy schedule to
gawp
.
4
Still, worth enduring to
gawp
at the ludicrous twist in the tale.
5
Still, the triumph for Youth does make one
gawp
just a little.
Usage of
gape
in English
1
Where I come from the word gawk means to stare, to
gape
.
2
I simply nodded and did my best not to
gape
or stare.
3
In order to
gape
,
the cut must pass through the deep skin.
4
Ross couldn't help but
gape
in confusion as the implications suggested themselves.
5
The police cover Finney's body with a sheet, as the gapers
gape
.
6
Then the front edge of the bulk split and began to
gape
.
7
The bells would ring, the organ swell, the people
gape
and comment.
8
There are those who stand with the eye-stare and
mouth
-
gape
of curiosity.
9
They
gape
for the one, but shut themselves up against the other.
10
For her part, Miranda was too shocked to do much besides
gape
.
11
They raised their eternally hungry red mouths up to
gape
at us.
12
Men talk of its wonders, and I can but sit and
gape
.
13
I tried not to
gape
at having my innermost thoughts spoken aloud.
14
Mrs. Slocum looked at the doctor with a wide
gape
of surprise.
15
People whirl around angrily, catch sight of Morino,
gape
,
and fall away.
16
An appreciable time passed before Bullard's
gape
became modified to a grin.
Other examples for "gape"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
gape
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
gape at
gape open
long gape
gape apart
gape so
More collocations
Translations for
gape
Portuguese
ver
embasbacar-se
bocejar
escancarar-se
Catalan
contemplar
mirar bocabadat
Spanish
contemplar
Gape
through the time
Gape
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common