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gaping

/ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/ sustantivo C2

En español: boqueo, abertura

  1. The act of one who gapes.
  2. Something gaping; something agape.
  3. A threat or courtship behavior in animals involving holding the mouth open and displaying the teeth or other interior features.

Plural gapings

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He asked him sharply: “Why do you stand there gaping?
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 4 · B2
With a rending, tearing sound, one of the broad, white stones turned over upon its side and left a square, gaping hole, through which streamed the light of a lantern.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 29 · B2
It was a homely little room, with a low ceiling and a gaping fireplace, after the fashion of old country-houses.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 56 · B2
When I thought of the heavy rains and looked at the gaping roof I understood how strong and immutable must be the purpose which had kept him in that inhospitable abode.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 156 · C1

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