Sekirov Dictionary

gape-mouthed

adjective 3
adverb 1
forms 2

adjective3

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Having a wide-open mouth.
- And on the second OOOOOOO, you picture just a naked glowing green skull that hangs there vibrating gape-mouthed in a prison cell. — 2012
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Having a wide opening.
- A gape-mouthed wicker trunk served as a hive. — 2008
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Overwhelmed with awe or astonishment.
- "You may be wise in your study in the morning,” (says brow-beating Johnson, to his gape-mouthed admirer Boswell,) “ and gay in company at a tavern in the evening.” — 1829

adverb1

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In a state of awe or astonishment.
- As much as we check in, we are checking out of our own lives and becoming voyeuristic, peering gape-mouthed into the sordid details of other people's lives in order to feel connected or entertained. — 2014

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