gapes
English
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Pronunciation
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editgapes
- third-person singular simple present indicative of gape
Noun
editgapes
Noun
editgapes (uncountable)
- A fit of yawning.
- The gapes is contagious: when one person gets the gapes, pretty soon you've got a roomful of gapers.
- A disease of young poultry and other birds, caused by a parasitic nematode worm in the windpipe, and having uneasy gaping as a symptom.
- The gapes has gotten to many of the birds.
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editgapes
- passive form of gape
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