gaper

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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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaper
Noun
  • 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
  • Flimflam felt better in the mouth than swindle, and rubberneck was a more agreeable verb than crane.
    Ralph Keyes, Time, 1 Apr. 2021
Noun
  • The Department’s mistake is to worry about Sarah instead of Zoë, the professional snooper.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
  • It is turned off by default—anything that can store this kind of history is something that a snooper or domestic abuser could access.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That is, after all, a spy’s skill.
    Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The spy series has already spent time near TCU and in downtown.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Peep Dorothy’s peepers when Wicked: For Good premieres November 21.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 June 2025
  • 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
  • Chronic neuropathic pain, however, is the most unwelcome of all the interlopers.
    Lucinda Rosenfeld, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Last year, Vandy was a fun upstart story after upsetting Alabama, while IU was the CFP interloper in Curt Cignetti’s first season with the Hoosiers.
    Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Bodell’s then-boyfriend searched the house for the intruder, but didn’t find anyone.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Police were racing the clock to find the intruders; experts say thieves of such treasures typically dismantle or melt down the loot, sometimes within hours, to avoid being caught.
    Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Linda Tripp, world-famous buttinsky , Dropped a dime on M. Lewinsky.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • Just how much secret information could a snoop discover?
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Maggie is a snoop—and a clumsy one.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Gaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaper. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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