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gawper

noun

chiefly British
as in peeping Tom

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gawper
  1. peeping Tom
  2. spy
  3. intruder
  4. gaper
  5. gazer
  6. snoop
  7. rubberneck
  8. peeper
Noun
  • His million Instagram followers think of him as the second coming of Banksy, but plenty more think of him as a peeping Tom, a voyeuristic intruder who insinuates himself into private spaces.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 July 2026
  • Noel Roblero Mazariegos, 51, was arrested by officers from the West Palm Beach Police Department and taken to the Palm Beach County Jail after reports of a prowler and peeping Tom.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
Definition of peeping Tom
Noun
  • One woman apparently introduced herself as a Russian spy who is no longer allowed in London.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The destroyer Kang Kon was commissioned into North Korea's navy in the eastern port city of Wonsan Sunday at a ceremony attended by Kim and his teenage daughter, whom South Korea’s spy service calls his likely heir.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of spy
Noun
  • Since these ships will operate in the North Atlantic, high-seas hijacking is extremely unlikely, and physical intrusion into a reactor vessel in port presents immediate hazards to an intruder.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The intruder tried to force his way into Taylor-Joy’s bedroom with a crowbar, per the Associated Press, but fled the scene when McRae claimed to have a gun.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of intruder
Noun
  • 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, Vulture, 7 July 2021
Definition of gaper
Noun
  • 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
Definition of gazer
Noun
  • Except Leo is the opposite of a snoop.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Terrible for me, an incorrigible snoop of other people’s phones, but probably a good thing for society at large.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2026
Definition of snoop
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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