Associations to the word «Gaping»

Wiktionary

GAPING, verb. Present participle of gape
GAPING, adjective. Wide open.
GAPING, noun. The act of one who gapes.
GAPING, noun. Something gaping; something agape.

Dictionary definition

GAPING, adjective. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe; "the gaping audience"; "we stood there agape with wonder"; "with mouth agape".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats