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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.
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Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
Another man asked if putting up higher barriers in the median might help with the dreaded gaper’s blocks that happen every time there’s an accident.
—Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com, 20 Oct. 2021
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
Scott’s Symbol Plus helmet and lens-change goggles (LCG) offer seamless helmet-goggle compatibility (no gaper gap) and a fit without pressure points.
—Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2020
And yet there are those who smirk at my casual usage, deeming me a gaper or a tourist for poling around on green terrain.
—Sam Morse, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2020
Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
Another man asked if putting up higher barriers in the median might help with the dreaded gaper’s blocks that happen every time there’s an accident.
—Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com, 20 Oct. 2021
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
Scott’s Symbol Plus helmet and lens-change goggles (LCG) offer seamless helmet-goggle compatibility (no gaper gap) and a fit without pressure points.
—Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2020
And yet there are those who smirk at my casual usage, deeming me a gaper or a tourist for poling around on green terrain.
—Sam Morse, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaper
Noun
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Yet the car will likely obey speed limits, never get drowsy or drunk and never rubberneck or give in to road rage.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
22 June 2025
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Flimflam felt better in the mouth than swindle, and rubberneck was a more agreeable verb than crane.—
Ralph Keyes,
Time,
1 Apr. 2021
Noun
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The international community continues to watch closely as tensions simmer and Iran's spy crisis deepens.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Oh no, the uncles are mini-golfing in Biloxi and spy Mina with Demetrius.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Peep Dorothy’s peepers when Wicked: For Good premieres November 21.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
5 June 2025
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Suddenly, Riddick's effervescent peepers become their only hope for survival, if he can be bothered to help out.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This relatively tiny interloper traveled like a dart through the core of the Bullseye about 50 million years ago, leaving rings in its wake like ripples in a pond.—
Alan Taylor,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2025
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These intestinal interlopers include Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale, which are the leading hookworms worldwide, including in the US.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Linda Tripp, world-famous buttinsky , Dropped a dime on M. Lewinsky.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
30 Dec. 2020
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Rather, the story is set in motion by Kevin O’Neill (Rick Holmes), a private-equity manager and arrogant buttinsky who takes an interest in Cara.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
6 June 2018
Noun
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Illustration by Patricia Bolaños New York, as the best gossips know, is a snoop’s paradise—a nirvana for nosiness, an intermeddler’s Eden.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2025
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Walter hacks into the internet and Lottie’s phone while Shauna mopes around, and Misty snoops in Lottie’s pockets and drawers for evidence.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
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The first week of June feels restless, as busybody Mars rouses chatty Mercury on June 5.—
Liz Simmons,
StyleCaster,
27 May 2025
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Research on nearly 500,000 Wikipedia users reveals three rabbit hole types: hunters, busybodies and dancers.—
Ann Kowal Smith,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Gaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaper. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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