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Search phrase: gaping

Plays

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Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.193Why then, let grievous, ghastly, gaping woundswhy then let grieuous, gastly, gaping Wounds,
Henry VH5 III.chorus.27With fatal mouths gaping on girded Harfleur.With fatall mouthes gaping on girded Harflew.
Henry VIIIH8 V.iv.3your gaping.your gaping.
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.ii.265And every word in it a gaping woundAnd euerie word in it a gaping wound
The Merchant of VeniceMV IV.i.47Some men there are love not a gaping pig,Some men there are loue not a gaping Pigge:
The Merchant of VeniceMV IV.i.54Why he cannot abide a gaping pig,Why he cannot abide a gaping Pigge?
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.370That the graves, all gaping wide,That the graues, all gaping wide,
PericlesPer II.i.33on a-th' land who never leave gaping till they swallowed on, a'th land, Who neuer leaue gaping, till they swallow'd
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.249Into this gaping hollow of the earth?Into this gaping hollow of the earth?

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1408 About him were a press of gaping faces About him were a presse of gaping faces,

Glossary

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earnest-gapingeagerly peering, gazing with special intensity
gapingwith mouth open [as on a dish prepared for eating]
gapingbawling, shouting, yelling
mouthedopen-mouthed, yawning, gaping
mussel-shellempty-head, gaping idiot [with mouth open like a mussel-shell]

Thesaurus

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gapingmouthed
gaping idiotmussel-shell
idiot, gapingmussel-shell

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