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Gapes

//ɡeɪps// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of gape form-of, plural
  2. 2
    A fit of yawning. uncountable

    "The gapes is contagious: when one person gets the gapes, pretty soon you've got a roomful of gapers."

  3. 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. uncountable

    "The gapes has gotten to many of the birds."

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of gape form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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