Definition of "gapes" in English

verb

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gape

noun

1. plural of gape

noun

1. A fit of yawning.

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

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.

   • The gapes has gotten to many of the birds.