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gaspers

gaspers is the plural of gasper.

Meaning of gasper

Noun

gasper (plural gaspers)

  1. A person or animal that gasps.
  2. (informal) Something that causes one to gasp in shock, suspense, or awe.
    • Viserys unsheathes his dagger and says he’ll have his tongue for this, but his brother is quicker. In a classic Game Of Thrones gasper of a moment, Daemon whips out his sword and slices the top half of Vaemond’s head off like a watermelon. “He can keep his tongue,” the prince remarks, in a savage...2022 October 10, Jenna Scherer, “House Of The Dragon drops its best episode yet”, in AV Club
  3. (slang) A cigarette.
    • Standing on the corner like a just-got-in-town jasper / I'm on a street corner with a gasper1975, “Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street)”, in Nighthawks at the Diner, performed by Tom Waits
  4. (slang) One who is aroused by autoasphyxiation.
  5. (slang) An adjustable air outlet over a passenger seat in aircraft.

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Proper noun capitalized: Gaspers

Gaspers

  1. (plural) plural of Gasper

Questions about gaspers

What is gaspers the plural of?
Gaspers is the plural of gasper.
What part of speech is gaspers?
Gaspers is a proper noun.

Words near gaspers in the dictionary

  1. gaspereau
  2. gaspereaus
  3. gaspereaux
  4. gaspergou
  5. gaspergous
  6. gaspers
  7. Gaspesia
  8. Gaspesian
  9. Gaspesians
  10. gaspeth
  11. gaspier

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