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gaped
5 letters · 5 distinct letters
A form of gape.
- verb
look with amazement; look stupidly
- verb
be wide open
the deep gaping canyon
- noun
an expression of openmouthed astonishment
- noun
a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open)
Word history
History of gape
From Middle English gapen, from Old Norse gapa (“to gape”), from Proto Germanic *gapōną (descendants Middle English geapen, Dutch gapen, German gaffen), perhaps from Proto Indo European *ǵʰеh₂b.
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- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 35: the core list of everyday words.
- How common it is
- Used about once in every 9 million words.
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