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gape

 
 
/geɪp/ verb [I]

Definition

LOOK to look at someone or something with your mouth open because you are so surprised: We stood there gaping in wonder at the beautiful landscape.
OPEN to be wide open
(Definition of gape verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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