I can only gape at such perfection.
Source: tatoeba (547044)
Gape
//ˈɡeɪp//
Synonyms for "gape" (172 found)
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Translations
58 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- прозявка noun (a yawn)
- зея verb (to open the mouth wide)
- зея verb (to open wide)
- зяпам verb (to stare in wonderment)
Czech
3 entries- koukat verb (to stare in wonderment)
- zírat verb (to stare in wonderment)
- zívat verb (to open the mouth wide)
Danish
1 entries- gabe verb (to open the mouth wide)
Dutch
1 entries- gapen verb (to open the mouth wide)
Esperanto
2 entries- faŭki verb (to open the mouth wide)
- gapi verb (to stare in wonderment)
Finnish
4 entries- haukotus noun (a yawn)
- ammottaa verb (to open wide)
- avata ammolleen verb (to open the mouth wide)
- toljottaa verb (to stare in wonderment)
French
3 entries- bayer verb (to open the mouth wide)
- béer verb (to open the mouth wide)
- béer verb (to open wide)
Georgian
4 entries- დამთქნარება verb (to open wide)
- მთქნარება verb (to open wide)
- მიშტერება verb (to stare in wonderment)
- მიჩერება verb (to stare in wonderment)
German
1 entries- klaffen verb (to open wide)
Hungarian
3 entries- kitát verb (to open the mouth wide)
- tát verb (to open the mouth wide)
- tátog verb (to open the mouth wide)
Italian
1 entries- spalancare verb (to open the mouth wide)
Lithuanian
1 entries- žiopsoti verb (to open the mouth wide)
Malay
1 entries- nganga verb (to open the mouth wide)
Māori
4 entries- kotā verb (to open wide)
- piere verb (to open the mouth wide)
- putē verb (to stare in wonderment)
- titiro māhoi verb (to stare in wonderment)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اسنمك verb (to open the mouth wide)
Polish
1 entries- rozdziawiać verb (to open the mouth wide)
Portuguese
1 entries- escancarar verb (to open wide)
Russian
4 entries- зево́к noun (a yawn)
- глазе́ть verb (to stare in wonderment)
- зия́ть verb (to open wide)
- пя́литься verb (to stare in wonderment)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- zjápiti verb (to open the mouth wide)
- зја́пити verb (to open the mouth wide)
Spanish
2 entries- abrirse verb (to open wide)
- boquear verb (to open the mouth wide)
Swahili
1 entries- achama verb (to open the mouth wide)
Swedish
3 entries- gapa verb (to open the mouth wide)
- gapa verb (to stare in wonderment)
- gapa verb (to open wide)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kāy verb (to open the mouth wide)
Yiddish
1 entries- גאַפֿן verb (to stare in wonderment)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
"Please don't gape at me. It's rather rude, y'know."
Source: tatoeba (11535819)
The young dark-haired girl glanced up sharply as her dorm room opened, only to gape in stunned surprise at the person entering. "Whoa! Annie, is that you?" the girl asked, laughing aloud. "Hahaha! Holy shit! I didn’t think I’d be seeing you again! Where've ya been, girl?" Ann sighed inwardly. "It’s... a long story, Helen. Long, convoluted, and utterly crazy. Anyway, I’m just here to pick up my things," she said, glancing around with a frown. "But... it looks like someone already cleared them out."
Source: tatoeba (13556033)
1723, Jonathan Swift, The Journal of a Modern Lady, 1810, Samuel Johnson, The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 11, page 467, She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes, / And asks if it be time to rise;
Source: wiktionary
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