gape
English
/ˈɡeɪp/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
- (intransitive) To stare in wonder.
- (intransitive) To open wide; to display a gap.
- (intransitive) Of a cat: to open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English gapen derived from Old Norse gapa (gape).
Origin
Old Norse
gapa
Gloss
gape
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- agape English
- agapeic English
- agapeist English
- agapeistic English
- agapism English
- agapist English
- agapistic English
- gape seed English
- gape-mouthed English
- gapeline English
- gaper English
- gapest English
- gapeth English
- gapeworm English
- gaping English
- gapingly English
- gapy English
- line English
- mouthed English
- seed English
- worm English
- Gaffer German
- gaffen German
- gapen Dutch, Flemish
- gaper Dutch, Flemish
- *ǵʰeh₁y- Proto-Indo-European
- gape Norwegian Bokmål
- *gapōną Proto-Germanic
- gap Swedish
- gapa Swedish
- gape Norwegian Nynorsk
- gapen Middle English
- gaper Middle English
- gaping Middle English
- gapa Old Norse
- gapen Middle Dutch
- *gaffōn Old High German
- *gappen Middle High German
- gaffen Middle High German
- גאַפֿן Yiddish
- *gapon Old Dutch