: to look at someone or something with your mouth open in surprise or wonder.

What does gapped mean?

Definition of 'gapped'

5. a divergence or difference; disparity.

Why do we gape?

The way we do that is by stirring a given emotion in ourselves, says Matthew Campbell, a researcher at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University. When we see someone smile or frown, we imitate them to feel happiness or sadness. We catch yawns for the same reasons—we see a yawn, so we yawn.