Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

gaper

[gey-per] / ˈgeɪ pər /






Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Toilet gaper: A commode with the seat up.

From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2018

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

From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2018

It has few basements and fewer furnaces and almost every house has an "incinerator" in the backyard�a reinforced concrete stove with a screened stack for burning rubbish and gaper.

From Time Magazine Archive

That blue-billed gaper probably came from Malacca, and the trogon too.

From Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas by Anonymous

"I am here, my Son, I am here," he muttered hurriedly, and maliciously poked to some gaper in the back who stood in his way.

From The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Bernstein, Herman




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "gaper" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com