Word Meanings - GAPESING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Act of gazing about; sightseeing.

Related words: (words related to GAPESING)

• ABOUT
  On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14. 7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To treat about thy ransom." Milton. She must have her way about Sarah. Trollope. (more info)
• GAZELLE
  One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; -- called also algazel, corinne, korin, and kevel. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. Note:
• GAZE
  To fixx the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention. Why stand ye gazing up into heaven Acts i. 11. Syn. -- To gape; stare; look. -- To Gaze, Gape, Stare.
• GAZEFUL
  Gazing. Spenser.
• GAZEEBO
  A summerhouse so situated as to command an extensive prospect.
• GAZET
  A Venetian coin, worth about three English farthings, or one and a half cents.
• GAZINGSTOCK
  A person or thing gazed at with scorn or abhorrence; an object of curiosity or contempt. Bp. Hall.
• GAZOGENE
  A portable apparatus for making soda water or aërated liquids on a small scale. Knight.
• GAZEL
  The black currant; also, the wild plum.
• GAZETTEER
  1. A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority. Johnson. 2. A newspaper; a gazette. Burke. 3. A geographical dictionary; a book giving the names and descriptions, etc., of many places. 4. An alphabetical descriptive
• GAZETTE
  A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices. (more info) Venetian coin , said to have been the price of the first newspaper published
• GAZEHOUND
  A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent. Sir W. Scott.
• GAZER
  One who gazes.
• GAZON
  One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks.
• ABOUT-SLEDGE
  The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale.
• GAZEMENT
  View. Spenser.
• AGAZED
  Gazing with astonishment; amazed. The whole army stood agazed on him. Shak.
• MAGAZINE CAMERA
  A camera in which a number of plates can be exposed without reloading.
• ROUNDABOUTNESS
  The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
• RACEABOUT
  A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.
• STIRABOUT
  A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding.
• MAGAZINE
  almagacen; all fr. Ar. makhzan, almakhzan, a storehouse, granary, or 1. A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc. "Armories and magazines." Milton. 2. The building or room in which
• MAGAZINIST
  One who edits or writes for a magazine.
• MARABOUT
  A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.
• ARIEL; ARIEL GAZELLE
  A variety of the gazelle , found in Arabia and adjacent countries. A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus. A beautiful Brazilian toucan Ramphastos ariel).
• GLASS-GAZING
  Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical. Shak.
• HAULABOUT
  A bargelike vessel with steel hull, large hatchways, and coal transporters, for coaling war vessels from its own hold or from other colliers.
• WHEREABOUT; WHEREABOUTS
  1. About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him Note: In this sense, whereabouts is the common form. 2. Concerning which; about which. "The object whereabout they are conversant."