gawpers

noun

plural of gawper, chiefly British
as in spies

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  1. spies
  2. intruders
  3. rubberneckers
  4. interlopers
  5. meddlers
Noun
  • And Project Bond is joining quite the collection of spies—er, vessels—on the seas.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Conspiracy theories — of euthanasia, of sterilization, of American bad intentions involving CIA spies, of viruses bred in pig cells (for those who kept Halal) or monkey cells (to Hindus for whom the macaque is sacred) — were common.
    — Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of spies
Noun
  • Investigators later discovered that the intruders were Romanian nationals.
    — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
  • This leaves even the most secure guest room doors vulnerable to intruders.
    — Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of intruders
Noun
  • 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
  • So Wembanyama naturally decided to toy with his rubberneckers.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2026
Definition of rubberneckers
Noun
  • 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
  • And yet scores of interlopers have dropped by the page in order to try and score a miracle — or even have more nefarious plans of ripping off cinephiles.
    — William Earl, Variety, 20 July 2026
Definition of interlopers
Noun
  • But Lighton doesn’t treat them as sitcom-ish meddlers.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
Definition of meddlers
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