Definition of Gaper

1. n. One who gapes.

Definition of Gaper

1. Noun. One who gapes; a starer. ¹

2. Noun. A fish, taxonomic name ''Serranus cabrilla''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gaper

1. one that gapes [n -S] - See also: gapes

Medical Definition of Gaper

1. 1. One who gapes. 2. A European fish. See 4th Comber. A large edible clam (Schizothaerus Nuttalli), of the Pacific coast; called also gaper clam. An East Indian bird of the genus Cymbirhynchus, related to the broadbills. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaper

gap-43 protein
gap-toothed
gap-year
gap 1
gap 2
gap arthroplasty
gap gene
gap junction
gap junctions
gap mutant
gap phenomenon
gap year
gap years
gape
gaped
gaper (current term)
gapers
gapers' block
gapers' blocks
gapers block
gapes
gapeseed
gapeseeds
gapesing
gapeworm
gapeworms
gapier
gapiest
gaping
gapingly

Literary usage of Gaper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands by William Turton (1819)
"Striated gaper. Fig. 99. At the close of our labours, it is impossible to avoid the ... Norway gaper. Fig. 100. Teignmouth, Devonshire, Jan. 1, 1819. ..."

2. Racing Life of Lord George Cavendish Bentinck, M. P. and Other Reminiscences by John Kent, Francis Charles Lawley (1892)
"After the race I said to his Lordship, " Where would gaper have been had he run ? ... As I understood that John Day had laid £20000 to £250 against gaper, ..."

3. A Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands by William Turton (1819)
"Striated gaper. Fig. 99. At the close of our labours, it is impossible to avoid the ... Norway gaper. Fig. 100. Teignmouth, Devonshire, Jan. 1, 1819. ..."

4. Racing Life of Lord George Cavendish Bentinck, M. P. and Other Reminiscences by John Kent, Francis Charles Lawley (1892)
"After the race I said to his Lordship, " Where would gaper have been had he run ? ... As I understood that John Day had laid £20000 to £250 against gaper, ..."

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