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groper

UK/ˈɡɹoʊpə/US/ˈɡɹoʊpɚ/

groper noun: an employee of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), especially one who performs inspections on passengers. Also the agent noun of grope.

Noun (1)

groper (plural gropers)

  1. (US) An employee of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), especially one who performs inspections on passengers.

Noun (2)

groper (plural gropers)

  1. (Australia) Any of several marine fish, especially the Queensland groper or giant grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus, of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
    • Everybody knows that there are big groper in the Gulf of Carpentaria, but those that joined Norm Phantom on his journeys were the ones nobody else had ever seen.2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 230
  2. (New Zealand) hapuku wreckfish (Polyprion oxygeneios)

Also used as

groper is also the agent noun of grope.

Forms of groper

pluralgropers

Origin of groper

From grope + -er.

Variant of grouper.

Words formed from groper

Questions about groper

What does groper mean?
Groper means an employee of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), especially one who performs inspections on passengers.
What part of speech is groper?
Groper is a noun.
How do you pronounce groper?
Groper is pronounced /ˈɡɹoʊpɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of groper?
The plural of groper is gropers.

Words near groper in the dictionary

  1. grope
  2. gropeable
  3. groped
  4. gropefest
  5. gropefests
  6. groper
  7. groperies
  8. gropers
  9. gropery
  10. gropes
  11. gropest

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