Gapes
/ɡeɪps/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of gape form-of, plural
- 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 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 third-person singular simple present indicative of gape form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Example
More examples"The gapes is contagious: when one person gets the gapes, pretty soon you've got a roomful of gapers."