English

Verb

gapes

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of gape

Noun

gapes

1. plural of gape
2. (plural only) A fit of yawning.

   The gapes is contagious: when one person gets the gapes, pretty soon you've got a roomful of gapers.

3. (plural only) A disease of young poultry and other birds, caused by a parasitic nematode worm in the windpipe.

   The gapes has gotten to many of the birds.

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