Synonyms for gapped
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : gap |
| Phonetic Transcription : gæp |
Top 10 synonyms for gapped Other synonyms for the word gapped
- break in
- break out
- bust in
- come apart
- display
- disrupt
- divide
- doze
- drowse
- fatigue catch flies
- fissure
- frondesce
- gap
- gape
- give
- hole
- jimmy
- kick in
- lacerate
- lance
- nap
- part
- penetrate
- perforate
- pierce
- pop
- puncture
- reveal
- rupture
- separate
- sever
- sleep
- slit
- slot
- snooze
- split
- spread
- tap
- throw wide
- unbar
- unblock
- unbolt
- unclose
- unclothe
- uncork
- uncover
- undo
- unfasten
- unfold
- unfurl
- unlatch
- unlock
- unroll
- unseal
- unshut
- unstop
- untie
- unwrap
- vent
- ventilate
- yaw
- yawn
- yawp
Définition of gapped
Origin :- early 14c. (mid-13c. in place names), from Old Norse gap "chasm," related to gapa "to gape," from PIE *ghai- "to yawn, gape" (see yawn (v.)). Originally "hole in a wall or hedge;" broader sense is 16c. In U.S., common in place names in reference to a break or pass in a long mountain chain (especially one that water flows through). As a verb from 1847.
- As in open : verb clear, expose; spread
- As in yawn : verb open mouth wide, usually sign of
- As in gape : verb be wide open
- He heard a low sob, and it cut through him like a gapped and rusty blade.
- Extract from : « The Cottage of Delight » by Will N. Harben
- He took the axe from her, and ran his thumb along the blunt and gapped edge.
- Extract from : « Dixie Hart » by Will N. Harben
- Other facts show that the "gapped" branches did not behave quite normally.
- Extract from : « Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists » by Various
- The brute slowly opened its huge mouth and disclosed the cruel, gapped teeth.
- Extract from : « The Jungle Girl » by Gordon Casserly
- No; not anything unusual about the front ones, but the hip pockets were gapped open and sagged down.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- Pretty soon he gapped and stretched himself and hove off the blanket, and it was Miss Watson's Jim!
- Extract from : « Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- In the mouths of both were the formidable navajas, "gapped" by recent rough usage and pointless.
- Extract from : « The Treasure of Pearls » by Gustave Aimard
- Rare stars, trembling like watchlights in the breeze, shone in the gapped cloud.
- Extract from : « The Death of the Gods » by Dmitri Mrejkowski
- Outside the fence he halted and looked about him, then he looked back over the gapped and broken palings.
- Extract from : « Those Times And These » by Irvin S. Cobb
- Oswald's hairs, as you can see here, have some gapped areas in there but not too many.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Antonyms for gapped
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