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Adjective: gaping  gey-ping
  1. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe
    "the gaping audience";
    - agape
Verb: gape  geyp
  1. Look with amazement; look stupidly
    "he was gaping at me, close to panic";
    - goggle, gawp [Brit, informal], gawk
     
  2. Be wide open
    "the deep gaping canyon";
    - yawn, yaw

See also: open, opened

Type of: be, look

Encyclopedia: Gaping

Gape, Thomas