Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who gapes, as from sleepiness, drowsiness, or dullness, or in wonder, astonishment, longing desire, or expectation.
- noun In ornithology:
- noun One of the Eurylæmidœ; a broadbill: as, the blue-billed gaper, Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchus. See cut in next column.
- noun plural Fissirostral birds, as swallows and the like: a literal translation of Hiantes, one of the names of the old group Fissirostres.
- noun The Serranus cabrilla, a fish of the family Serranidæ.
- noun A gaping clam; a bivalve mollusk of the family Myidæ, as Mya truncata.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who gapes.
- noun A European fish. See 4th
Comber . - noun A large edible clam (
Schizothærus Nuttalli ), of the Pacific coast; -- called alsogaper clam . - noun An East Indian bird of the genus Cymbirhynchus, related to the broadbills.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
gapes ; astarer . - noun A fish, taxonomic name Serranus cabrilla.
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Examples
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[V, 1], the word gaper-block (or gapers 'block) -- a traffic jam caused by drivers gaping at an accident -- has been used by policemen reporting on Chicago traffic conditions for at least five years.
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The Elysium seas feature a large scavenger called a gaper, whose hinged jaw is easily capable of taking up a person in a single swallow.
Old Mans War 2005
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The chemist's sign, a large comic head with its mouth wide open (known as the gaper), is also subversive of confidence.
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Sure, it might not be a word according to Webster's Dictionary, but you'll find this definition of "gaper" in the Urban Dictionary: "A gaper is a skier or snowboarder who is completely clueless.
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Sure, it might not be a word according to Webster's Dictionary, but you'll find this definition of "gaper" in the Urban Dictionary: "A gaper is a skier or snowboarder who is completely clueless.
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Sure, it might not be a word according to Webster's Dictionary, but you'll find this definition of "gaper" in the Urban Dictionary: "A gaper is a skier or snowboarder who is completely clueless.
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Sure, it might not be a word according to Webster's Dictionary, but you'll find this definition of "gaper" in the Urban Dictionary: "A gaper is a skier or snowboarder who is completely clueless.
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Sure, it might not be a word according to Webster's Dictionary, but you'll find this definition of "gaper" in the Urban Dictionary: "A gaper is a skier or snowboarder who is completely clueless.
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The idea is that your own mouth is so gape jawed at the sheer lack of skill a fisherman/skier is showing that they become the "gaper".
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The 650-grain bullet hit the steel door two inches below the window frame, blowing a half-inch-size gaper and leaving a smear of burnt steel peeling away from the actual crater.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
skipvia commented on the word gaper
A skier who stops to look at the scenery.
I'm a gaper...
November 10, 2007