ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Gapes

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ɡeɪps/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Gapes is a verb meaning third-person singular simple present indicative of gape.

Meaning

third-person singular simple present indicative of gape.

More Meanings

  1. plural of gape
  2. A fit of yawning.
  3. A disease of young poultry and other birds, caused by a parasitic nematode worm in the windpipe, and having uneasy gaping as a symptom.

Example Sentences

The gapes has gotten to many of the birds.
The gapes is contagious: when one person gets the gapes, pretty soon you've got a roomful of gapers.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include yawn, gawp, goggle, gawk, yaw, gawks.

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