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gaper

[ gey-per ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that gapes. gape.
  2. Also called horse clam. a large clam, Tresus capax, common on gravelly and coarse-sand beaches.


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noun

  1. a person or thing that gapes
  2. any of various large marine bivalve molluscs of the genera Mya and Lutraria that burrow in muddy sand. M. arenaria is the American soft-shelled clam and the two species of Lutraria are the otter shells. The valves have a permanent gap at the hind end
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gaper1

First recorded in 1630–40; gape + -er 1
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He loves being a gaper’s delight.

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“There’s nothing like the surprising chill of sitting down on a toilet gaper in the dark.â€

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Toilet gaper: A commode with the seat up.

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Comber, kom′bēr, n. a name applied to the gaper, a sea-perch, and to a species of wrasse.

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Don't sit mooning there, gaper.

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