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Passages between the northern Atlantic Ocean and the Norwegian Sea
The GIUK gap (sometimes written G-I-UK) is an area in the northern Atlantic Ocean that forms a naval choke point. Its name is an initialism for Greenland
GIUK_gap
control of the GIUK gap (Greenland–Iceland–UK gap) as critical to the maritime defense of eastern North America. The smaller portion of the gap is located
Proposed United States acquisition of Greenland
Proposed_United_States_acquisition_of_Greenland
gap (GIUK gap) also occurs from Lossiemouth which contributes to Iceland's policing. The P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft is used in the GIUK gap
Armed_forces_in_Scotland
Lithuania–Poland border area
vulnerabilities: Focșani Gate GIUK gap Fulda Gap The term "Suwałki corridor" (korytarz suwalski) may refer both to the Suwałki Gap and the road link between
Suwałki_Gap
Strategically important area in the Cold War
of the Fulda Gap, now the site of a Cold War memorial Seven Days to the River Rhine Focșani Gate GIUK gap Suwałki Gap Belfort Gap Fulda Gap (board game)
Fulda_Gap
Critical military pathway
Fisher. These are major British choke points today: The English Channel GIUK gap (between Greenland, Iceland, and UK) Strait of Gibraltar The choke points
Choke_point
Area outside airplane range in World War II
Atlantic was largely won. Mid-Ocean Escort Force Mid-Ocean Meeting Point GIUK gap CAM ship MAC ship Project Habakkuk Bowyer, Chaz. Coastal Command at War
Mid-Atlantic_gap
Cold War-era passive, fixed array undersea surveillance system
coming into the Atlantic through the Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom (GIUK) gap by an array terminating at NAVFAC Barbados on 6 July 1962. The linear
SOSUS
Incident which nearly precipitated nuclear warfare
operations in the Barents, Norwegian, Black and Baltic Sea and near the GIUK gap, as well as flights by American bombers, occasionally several times per
1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident
1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident
Series of disputes between Iceland and the UK
withdraw from NATO, which would have forfeited NATO's access to most of the GIUK gap, a critical anti-submarine warfare chokepoint during the Cold War. In a
Cod_Wars
Naval warfare force of the United Kingdom
anti-submarine force, hunting for Soviet submarines and mostly active in the GIUK gap. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, its focus returned to expeditionary
Royal_Navy
NATO command post exercise in 1983
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower sailed through the Greenland–Iceland–United Kingdom (GIUK) gap undetected by Soviet radar and spy satellites, reaching the Kola Peninsula
Able_Archer_83
Former U.S. Navy base at Keflavík Airport, Iceland
from NAVFAC Keflavik to the Faroe Islands and Greenland to monitor the GIUK gap, including from Hofn Air Station. The system was inaugurated in 1966 and
Naval_Air_Station_Keflavik
Underwater microphone
along a line from Greenland, Iceland and the United Kingdom known as the GIUK gap. These are capable of clearly recording extremely low frequency infrasound
Hydrophone
Militarily and strategically important area in Romania and NATO
security purposes has been discussed by other analysts as well. Fulda Gap GIUK gap Suwałki Gap Mîndrescu, Mircea; Melcher, Gregory; Petersen, Phillip (2019).
Focșani_Gate
1956 quote by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev
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We_will_bury_you
Cold War intimidation tactic used by the Soviet Union's military
The bomber gap was the Cold War belief that the Soviet Union's Long Range Aviation department had gained an advantage in deploying jet-powered strategic
Bomber_gap
Military mission
several areas, including air, sea, land, cyber, and space. One focus is the GIUK gap between Greenland, Iceland, and the United Kingdom as a route from the
NATO_Arctic_Sentry
Cold War term used in the United States
In the United States, during the Cold War, the missile gap was the perceived superiority of the number and power of the USSR's missiles in comparison
Missile_gap
Strait between Greenland and Iceland
escape into the North Atlantic, and return to safety at Brest. Aquatic sill GIUK gap Known in Danish as the Danmarksstrædet ("Denmark Strait") and in Icelandic
Denmark_Strait
1959 political event
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State visit by Nikita Khrushchev to the United States
State_visit_by_Nikita_Khrushchev_to_the_United_States
1987 Soviet Navy submarine operation
involved taking a longer path around Greenland instead of the usual route via GIUK gap to avoid SOSUS. Developments in Soviet submarine technology - related,
Operation_Atrina
Nickname for a clear variant of Coca-Cola from the 1940s
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White_Coke
US surveillance project from 1947 to 1949
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Project_Mogul
Former United States Air Force radar site in Iceland
Greenland, Iceland and United Kingdom air defense sector, better known as the GIUK gap, was routinely utilized by the Soviet Union's long-range heavy bombers
Hofn_Air_Station
FBI investigation concerning Russian espionage
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Hollow_Nickel_Case
Military aircraft designed to reconnoiter oceans and other bodies of water
sophisticated underwater listening systems. These span the so-called "GIUK Gap" of the North Atlantic that extends from Greenland to Iceland, to the Faroe
Maritime_patrol_aircraft
Meeting of advancing Soviet and American troops on 25 April 1945 near Torgau, Germany
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Elbe_Day
1986 novel by Tom Clancy
threat, the Soviets are left in control of the strategically important GIUK gap. NATO and Soviet air and ground forces continue to battle ferociously in
Red_Storm_Rising
Royal Naval base in Scotland
Channel to the submarine patrolling areas in the North Atlantic, through the GIUK gap to the Norwegian Sea. At the time it was chosen, the location was also
HMNB_Clyde
Peninsula in northeast Iceland
[ˈheiːðarˌfjatl̥], from 1954 to 1968 to monitor Soviet activity in the GIUK gap. Nowadays the buildings are difficult to reach and remain in a deteriorating
Langanes
Soviet strategic bomber aircraft, copy of B-29
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Tupolev_Tu-4
Region of northwestern Atlantic Ocean
an excellent hunting ground and had to be heavily defended. Irish Sea GIUK gap Long Forties Broad Fourteens Western Approaches Command Denys Rayner "Liverpool
Western_Approaches
British jet-powered delta wing strategic bomber
the seas around the British Isles, including the strategically important GIUK gap between Iceland and the United Kingdom, flying at high level and using
Avro_Vulcan
Diplomatic mission of the US in Russia
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Embassy of the United States, Moscow
Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Moscow
Navaga-class ballistic missile submarine
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Soviet_submarine_K-219
FBI covert surveillance plan
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Operation_Monopoly
Dog given to John F. Kennedy by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
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Pushinka
Icelandic General Surveillance Radar station
to intercept and shadow all Soviet aircraft in transit in and from the GIUK gap which passed through the detection range of its radars and relay to the
Bolafjall_Radar_Station
United States reaction to the 1957 launch of the Soviet satellite
public fear and anxiety in Western nations about the perceived technological gap between the United States and Soviet Union caused by the Soviets' launch
Sputnik_crisis
Aerial confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1944
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Niš_incident
Naval exercise
enemy Orange Fleet's submarine force along the Greenland-Iceland-UK gap (GIUK gap"). Operating above the Arctic Circle in the Norwegian Sea, the Blue
Exercise_Strikeback
Microwave radiation incident
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Moscow_Signal
1945 U.S. disinformation operation
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Plan_Totality
Cold War-era safety precautions for spies
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The_Moscow_rules
British nuclear missile decoy and penetration aid system
the north of and just around the GIUK gap, whereas previously they could operate within an area to the south of the Gap as well. This was a serious problem
Chevaline
Yasen-class nuclear attack submarine
time. The operation was supposedly testing Russian ability to breach the GIUK gap undetected and sail into the Atlantic Ocean, much like the operations Aport
Russian submarine Severodvinsk
Russian_submarine_Severodvinsk
1947–1991 geopolitical rivalry between US and USSR
Israel, and Saudi Arabia. Lexington Books. Miller, Nicola (2002). "The Real Gap in the Cuban Missile Crisis: The Post-Cold-War Historiography and Continued
Cold_War
Naval strategy
majority of the year, and access to the Atlantic requires transiting the GIUK gap; much of her eastern coast is also ice-bound and requires moderately close
Bastion_(naval)
1960 act by Nikita Khrushchev in the UN
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Shoe-banging_incident
1959 series of exchanges between Nikita Khrushchev and Richard Nixon
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Kitchen_Debate
Allied Powers' meeting for post-war plans in Asia
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Moscow_Conference_(1945)
NATO military exercise
NATO combined naval training exercises Location North Atlantic Ocean, GIUK Gap, Norwegian Sea, Barents Sea, North Sea, Jutland Peninsula, and Baltic Sea
Exercise_Mainbrace
Polar region of the Earth's northern hemisphere
readiness. Two strategically important straits in the Arctic are the GIUK Gap and the Bear Gap, between Svalbard and Norway. Since 1937, the larger portion of
Arctic
International sports competition (1986–2001)
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Goodwill_Games
Class of Russian nuclear powered ballistic submarines
without their launch platforms needing to pass the SOSUS sensors in the GIUK gap to be within range. The resulting project was an iterative improvement
Delta-class_submarine
Disputed match between the US and USSR
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1972 Olympic men's basketball final
1972_Olympic_men's_basketball_final
1970s–90s CIA program to fund Afghan militants
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Operation_Cyclone
1945 WWII allied discussion of postwar reorganization
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Yalta_Conference
1960s US military operation patrolling Soviet territory
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Operation_Chrome_Dome
Military exercise
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Autumn_Forge_83
Area of the north Atlantic to the north of Scotland
the mid-nineteenth century. Strategically, the channel forms part of the GIUK gap. Since 2014 two parts of the channel lying with Scottish Offshore Waters
Faroe–Shetland_Channel
Supply route in World War II
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Persian_Corridor
relations of the United Kingdom Free trade agreements of the United Kingdom GIUK gap GOV.UK (3 October 2025). "UK-Greenland trade deal talks resume". GOV.UK
Greenland–United Kingdom relations
Greenland–United_Kingdom_relations
1980 Olympic ice hockey game
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Miracle_on_Ice
Combined military forces of Iceland
List of countries without armed forces List of wars involving Iceland GIUK gap Varnarmálastofnun Íslands. Archived 2011-11-20 at the Wayback Machine "Lög
Defence_of_Iceland
Soviet military simulation exercise
a goal was unrealistic or even unattainable. Operation Unthinkable Fulda Gap Square Leg (UK operation) World War III National Redoubt (Switzerland) Ryszard
Seven_Days_to_the_River_Rhine
US Air Force telecommunications network
Alice North Atlantic Radio System (NARS), a similar system used in the GIUK gap area ACE High, a NATO communication system in Europe including similar
White Alice Communications System
White_Alice_Communications_System
1983 aircraft shotdown over the Sea of Japan
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Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007
Russia-Ukraine gas transporter
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Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline
Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod_pipeline
American strategic bomber aircraft
minefields in significant enemy chokepoints (mainly the Kuril Islands and the GIUK gap). These minefields would force the Soviet fleet to disperse, making individual
Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress
1988 US–Soviet gray whale rescue in northern Alaska
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Operation_Breakthrough
1979 book by Victoria Fyodorova
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The_Admiral's_Daughter
Anti-Soviet U.S. Cold War foreign policy
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Truman_Doctrine
1961 meeting in Vienna, Austria
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Vienna_Summit
Military unit
Station Keflavik, Iceland, between 1954 and 1995, from where it policed the GIUK gap. The squadron was activated at Hamilton Field, California as the 57th Pursuit
57th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
57th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron
1962 confrontation between the US and USSR
president in 1960, one of his key election issues was an alleged "missile gap" with the Soviets. In fact the US at that time was ahead of the Soviets and
Cuban_Missile_Crisis
Series of ice hockey exhibition games between Soviet and NHL teams
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Super_Series
a hub for transports and communications to Europe, a key chain in the GIUK gap, a monitor of Soviet submarine activity, and a linchpin in the early warning
History_of_Iceland
Character in a Russian idiom describing punishment
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Kuzma's_mother
Parish in Barbados
off the coast of Norway entering the Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom (GIUK) gap. Saint Lucy covers one geographical constituency for the House of Assembly:
Saint_Lucy,_Barbados
1984 joke by Ronald Reagan
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We begin bombing in five minutes
We_begin_bombing_in_five_minutes
Celebration of the Allies' WWII victory
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Berlin_Victory_Parade_of_1945
1987 Ronald Reagan speech in West Berlin
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Tear_down_this_wall!
1989 computer wargame
more than 100 available options. The game mainly focuses on combat in the GIUK Gap. Harpoon is a naval simulator that uses data regarding real military equipment
Harpoon_(video_game)
Formation of the United States Army in Siberia during the Russian Civil War
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American Expeditionary Force, Siberia
American_Expeditionary_Force,_Siberia
Communication system between Russia and the US
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Moscow–Washington_hotline
US/UK intelligence-gathering operation
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Operation_Gold
1918–1922 military operation against Soviet Russia
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Siberian_intervention
Armament resolution by NATO
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NATO_Double-Track_Decision
Cold War territorial conflict
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Turkish_Straits_crisis
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Air-to-air combat losses between the Soviet Union and the United States
Air-to-air_combat_losses_between_the_Soviet_Union_and_the_United_States
WWII program to provide U.S. allies with free armaments
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Lend-Lease
1945 Allied meeting on the postwar world
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Potsdam_Conference
World War II summit
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Moscow_Conference_(1944)
Large Soviet purchases of U.S. grain negotiated in 1972 and delivered into 1973
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1973 United States–Soviet Union wheat deal
1973_United_States–Soviet_Union_wheat_deal
1955 novel by Halldór Laxness
linked to the 2009 protests ... following the Icelandic banking crisis'. GIUK gap 'Atómstöðin', Þjóðviljinn, 69 (23 March 1948), 1. Peter Hallberg, Halldór
The_Atom_Station
US military effort to prevent starvation in Europe
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American Relief Administration
American_Relief_Administration
Mid-engined fighter aircraft
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Bell_P-63_Kingcobra
Soviet aircraft engine
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Shvetsov_M-25
GIUK GAP
GIUK GAP
Girl/Female
Indian, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Telugu
One who Bridges the Gap; Rays of Light; Absorbed; Goddess Durga
Boy/Male
Hindu
One who bridgesth gap, Friend
Girl/Female
Biblical
House of gaping, or opening.
Girl/Female
Indian
Who bridges the gap
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Connected; Following; Who Bridges the Gap; Absorbed
Girl/Female
Arabic, Indian, Muslim, Punjabi, Sikh
One who Meets; One with Strong Intentions; One with Decisiveness; Distance; Gap
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English gappe, Old Norse gap ‘chasm’, ‘breach’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived near a gap in a wall, hedge, or (in Norfolk and Suffolk) cliffs.German : from the personal name Gabo, a short form of Gebolf (see Gebhardt).
Girl/Female
Indian
Who bridges the gap
Girl/Female
Tamil
Anvita | அநà¯à®µà®¿à®¤à®¾
Who bridges the gap
Anvita | அநà¯à®µà®¿à®¤à®¾
Surname or Lastname
English (West Yorkshire)
English (West Yorkshire) : topographic name for someone who lived by a gap between hills, from Middle English sherd, sharde (Old English sceard, a derivative of sceran ‘to cut or shear’).
Male
Native American
Native American Hopi name APONIVI means "where the wind blows down the gap."
Boy/Male
Norse
An outlaw.
Boy/Male
Hindu
One who bridgesth gap, Friend
Boy/Male
Tamil
One who bridgesth gap, Friend
Boy/Male
Tamil
One who bridgesth gap, Friend
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on a hilltop, from Copping 2 + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Kapfinger, Gapfinger, or Kopfinger, habitational names for someone from a place named Kapfingen or Köpfingen, in southern Germany.
Boy/Male
Native American
Where the wind blows down the gap.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Anvitha | அநà¯à®µà®¿à®¤à®¾
Who bridges the gap
Anvitha | அநà¯à®µà®¿à®¤à®¾
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a habitational name from Claygate in Surrey, named with Old English clæg ‘clay’ + geat ‘gate’, ‘gap’, or from some other similarly named place.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; possibly a variant of Beadle, or a nickname from the breed of small hound called a beagle.Alternatively, it may be from French bégueule ‘gaper’, Old French begueulle ‘noisy shouting person’, a word which has been proposed as the etymology of the English term for the dog.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Biegel.
GIUK GAP
GIUK GAP
Boy/Male
Hebrew Spanish
Exalted of the Lord.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Bedfordshire, so named from an unattested Old English personal name, Scyttel + -inga- (genitive plural) ‘belonging to the people of’ + dūn ‘hill’.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced form of O’Hayden, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÉideáin and Ó hÉidÃn ‘descendant of Éideán’ or ‘descendant of ÉidÃn’, personal names apparently from a diminutive of éideadh ‘clothes’, ‘armor’. There was also a Norman family bearing the English name (see 2 below), living in County Wexford.English : habitational name from any of various places called Hayden or Haydon. The three examples of Haydon in Northumberland are named from Old English hÄ“g ‘hay’ + denu ‘valley’. Others, for example in Dorset, Hertfordshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire, get the name from Old English hÄ“g ‘hay’ (or perhaps hege ‘hedge’ or (ge)hæg ‘enclosure’) + dÅ«n ‘hill’.Jewish : see Heiden.
Female
Greek
Feminine form of Greek ErrÃkos, ÉRIKA means "work-power."
Male
Dutch
, home ruler.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Pearl, precious stone, the face.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Success; Attainment
Girl/Female
African, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sikh, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Flame; Top of a Mountain
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Hartshorne in Derbyshire or Hartshorn in Northumberland, named from Old English heorot ‘hart’, ‘stag’ + horn ‘horn’, i.e. hill with some fancied resemblance to a hart’s horn. Reaney suggests a further possibility: that it could come from the Middle English plant name harteshorn ‘hartshorn’, denoting either of two plants with leaves branched like a stag’s antlers: Senebiera coronopus and Plantago coronopus.
Girl/Female
Hebrew
Eternal joy.
GIUK GAP
GIUK GAP
GIUK GAP
GIUK GAP
GIUK GAP
n.
A large edible clam (Schizothaerus Nuttalli), of the Pacific coast; -- called also gaper clam.
v. i.
To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
v. i.
To pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus.
imp. & p. p.
of Gape
n.
A gaping.
n.
An open or unoccupied space between bodies or things; an interruption of continuity; chasm; gap; as, a vacancy between buildings; a vacancy between sentences or thoughts.
a.
Having the lips widely separated and gaping like an open mouth; as a ringent bilabiate corolla.
v. i.
To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.
n.
The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix.
n.
That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient.
n.
The act of gaping; a yawn.
v. i.
Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Gape
n.
The act of opening wide, or of gaping.
n.
One who gapes.
v. i.
To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.
n.
The gape of the mouth, as of birds; -- often resricted to the corners of the mouth.
n.
An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass.