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gape

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gape

verb

1 she gaped at him in astonishment:

stare, stare open-mouthed, stare in wonder, gawk, goggle, gaze, ogle, look fixedly, look vacantly;

informal rubberneck;

British, informal gawp.

2 he wore a leather jerkin which gaped at every seam:

open wide, open up, yawn;

part, crack, split.

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