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a fixed intent look
- I told him to stop staring, that his rather stupid gape was annoying
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of gape (Entry 2 of 2)
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
- she suddenly realized she had been gaping at the good-looking waiter instead of giving him her order
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“Gape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gape. Accessed 27 Oct. 2021.
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