gawpers

plural of gawper, chiefly British

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • In round one, Vic and Brian are spies, and there’s no Informant or Leak.
    Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
  • As the Alpha Gang spies subtly on one another, the camera peers through their binoculars (also branded with AG).
    Cortlyn Kelly, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Some also believe intruders would be recognized faster, making the students and staff safer in the event someone from outside the school community tries to enter the school.
    Amy Morin, Parents, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Investigators later discovered that the intruders were Romanian nationals.
    Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Perry says the property caught the eye of several architects and rubberneckers.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The rubberneckers who gather across the street are represented by crowd noise, and at one point a handful of cops stalk down the aisles of the theater, guns pointed right at Sonny.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
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
  • The interlopers were contrabandistas, Native Pacific Northwesterners brought by American merchants operating out of Hawaii and heading to the Mexican coast to hunt otters without a license.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • But Lighton doesn’t treat them as sitcom-ish meddlers.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Gawpers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gawpers. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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