gaping
pronunciation
How to pronounce gaping in British English:
UK [ˈɡeɪpɪŋ]
How to pronounce gaping in American English:
US [ˈɡeɪpɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe
Word Origin
- gaping (adj.)
- "standing wide open," 1570s (implied in gapingly), present participle adjective from gape (v.).
Example
- 1. And with gaping holes in public finances the chance to raise taxes in the name of public health has never looked so good .
- 2. This obstinate adherence to an outdated assessment of economic dependence is not the only gaping intellectual flaw .
- 3. So they can see a sperm whale in time to escape its gaping jaws , researchers report online today in current biology .
- 4. Tumbling exchange rates , gaping current-account deficits , fearsome foreign-currency borrowings and nasty recessions : these sound like the ingredients of a distant third-world-debt crisis from the 1980s and 1990s .
- 5. What are you gaping at ?