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gaper

gaper noun: one who gapes; a starer.

Noun

gaper (plural gapers)

  1. One who gapes; a starer.
  2. Any of several species of burrowing clams.
  3. A comber, a fish of the species Serranus cabrilla.
  4. A fish of species Champsodon capensis
  5. (US, slang) An 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

gaper meaning in Tamil

gaper in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of gaper

Forms of gaper

pluralgapers

Origin of gaper

From Middle English gaper, equivalent to gape + -er.

Words formed from gaper

Words that rhyme with gaper

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about gaper

What does gaper mean?
Gaper means one who gapes; a starer.
What is gaper in Tamil?
Gaper in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Gaper meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gaper?
Gaper is a noun.
What is the plural of gaper?
The plural of gaper is gapers.

Words near gaper in the dictionary

  1. gaped
  2. gaped for
  3. gapeline
  4. gapelines
  5. gapemouthed
  6. gaper
  7. gapers
  8. gapers block
  9. gapers' block
  10. gapers' blocks
  11. gapes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gaper (page history and authors); gaper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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