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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
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
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Many in the art world have been watching — though often to rubberneck.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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The sidewalk was bustling, but no one even bothered to rubberneck.—
Amanda Peet,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Department’s mistake is to worry about Sarah instead of Zoë, the professional snooper.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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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
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Hong Kong — China’s top spy agency has come out of the shadows to warn that its young people are being duped by foreign forces into shirking hard work and prioritizing their individual emotions at the expense of national development.—
Sylvie Zhuang,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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Lu’s lawyer, John Carman portrayed the case as a mundane bureaucratic blip, not an international spy thriller.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
Noun
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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
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Fortunately, this 3-D contoured mask doesn’t mess up my makeup or put pressure on my sensitive peepers.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The other possibility is that the aggressive dove was an interloper and was trying to claim the nesting site as part of its territory.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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One involves a séance for Mary held by a mysterious interloper named Imogen (FKA Twigs), whose revelations send the singer into self-harming conniptions.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Hotel security footage captured Secret Service officers drawing their weapons moments later, and a subsequent clip indicates that the intruder was captured before reaching a staircase leading down to the event.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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After fleeing the home, the intruders allegedly regrouped with Dukes, Khiell Dukes, Anthony Ramsey and others to divide the spoils, the indictment states.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Wrestlers like Garcia and Stewart have achieved what Morrison has set his sights on, but Morrison isn’t a star gazer.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2026
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
Cite this Entry
“Gaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaper. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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