Meanings
noungaper (plural gapers)
plural gapers
- One who gapes; a starer.
- Any of several species of burrowing clams.
- A comber, a fish of the species Serranus cabrilla.
- A fish of species Champsodon capensis
- USslangAn inexperienced skier.
If you want to avoid looking like a gaper, just keep yourself from looking sloppy and you should be okay.
2017, Brendan Leonard, The Great Outdoors: Everything You Need to Know Before Heading Into the Wild, page 295
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Origin
- Middle Englishgaper
- Englishgaper
From Middle English gaper, equivalent to gape + -er.
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Catalan serrà
- serràSerranus cabrilla
Rhymes & wordplay
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gaper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaper
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“gaper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaper. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gaper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaper.
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