Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GAPING

ppr. Opening the mouth wide from sleepiness, dullness, wonder or admiration; yawning; opening in fissures; craving.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GAPINGSTOCK

GAPINGSTOCK Gap "ing *stock ` ( or ), n.

 

Defn: One who is an object of open-mouthed wonder. I was to be a gapingstock and a scorn to the young volunteers. Godwin.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gaping

gap ing |ˈgāpiNG ɡeɪpɪŋ | ▶adjective (of a hole, wound, etc. ) wide open: there was a gaping hole in the wall. DERIVATIVES gap ing ly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

gaping

gap ¦ing |ˈgeɪpɪŋ | ▶adjective (of a hole, wound, etc. ) wide open: there was a gaping hole in the wall. DERIVATIVES gapingly adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gaping

gaping adjective a gaping hole: cavernous, yawning, wide, broad; vast, huge, enormous, immense, extensive.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gaping

gaping adjective the volcano collapsed to form a gaping crater: cavernous, yawning, wide, broad; vast, huge, enormous, immense, extensive.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gaping

g á p ing 形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗大きく開いた 〈穴など 〉.