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[ adjective ] with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe

Synonyms

agape

Examples

"the gaping audience" "we stood there agape with wonder" "with mouth agape"

Used in print

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

And the cast shell of a locust , straw colored and transparent , weighing nothing , fragile but entire , with eyes like bubbles and a gaping slit down its back .

Related terms

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