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gaper

noun

Definition of gaper

as in gawker

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Recent Examples of gaper This pairing from Wildhorn worked in perfect harmony to keep gaper-gap at bay and airflow going directly from cutouts at the top of the helmet vents into the goggles. — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022 The winner of this challenge is Gabe — his first Quickfire win of the season, for making poached gaper clams and butter clams in broth. — Vulture, 7 July 2021

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Not exactly—there’s only so many people there to buy art, and plenty of others are there to rubberneck.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Many in the art world have been watching — though often to rubberneck.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of rubberneck

Noun

Rather than being a delightful add-on, rechargeability in a poison-snooper could save lives in non-electrified remote locations, or in disaster zones where electricity is temporarily unavailable.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026
The Department’s mistake is to worry about Sarah instead of Zoë, the professional snooper.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025

Definition of snooper

Noun

Charland said before becoming America’s first spy, Nathan grew up on a farm in Coventry.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
The head of China’s Ministry of State Security, its spy agency, warned in an article Sunday that AI poses many threats to the country, from political and ideological security to cyberattacks.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of spy

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Similar to how goggles protect your peepers from chlorine (and the burning feeling that can follow after opening your eyes in a swimming pool), goggles work very well to combat onion tears, Hale says.

— Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2026
The House advanced the bill codifying the peeper’s status, House Bill 5534, this week by a vote of 136-0.

— Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026

Definition of peeper

Noun

At the time, my editor and I were assuming that the fandom would be hostile to interlopers who didn’t possess the ancient knowledge of Andi self-eliminating rather than spending one more minute with Juan Pablo.

— Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
All over Reddit, my favorite repository for human drama, people are worrying about human drama that has a nonhuman interloper.

— Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

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