gaper

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English

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Serranus cabrilla
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Etymology

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From Middle English gaper, equivalent to gape +‎ -er.

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Noun

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gaper (plural gapers)

  1. One who gapes; a starer.
  2. Any of several species of burrowing clams.
  3. A comber, a fish of the species Serranus cabrilla.
  4. A fish of species Champsodon capensis
  5. (US, slang) An inexperienced skier.
    • 2017, Brendan Leonard, The Great Outdoors: Everything You Need to Know Before Heading Into the Wild, page 295:
      If you want to avoid looking like a gaper, just keep yourself from looking sloppy and you should be okay.

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Dutch

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Gaper.

Etymology

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From Middle Dutch gapere. Equivalent to gapen +‎ -er.

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gaper m (plural gapers, diminutive gapertje n)

  1. a yawner, one who yawns
  2. a figurehead with an open mouth used as the shop sign of a pharmacy

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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gaper

  1. present of gape