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Meaning of Gapes | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ɡeɪps

Definitions

  1. A fit of yawning.
    uncountable
  2. 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

Equivalents

العربية يفغر
Français gapes gâpes

Examples

“The gapes is contagious: when one person gets the gapes, pretty soon you've got a roomful of gapers.”
“The gapes has gotten to many of the birds.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

gapesing gapeworm gapful gapicomine gapik Gaping

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