gapern.

Brit.

/ˈɡeɪpə/, U.S.

/ˈɡeɪpər/

Forms: Also 1500s Scottish -are.

Etymology: < gape v. + -er suffix¹.

a. One that gapes; one that stares or gazes in wonder or curiosity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > starer or gazer

gazer1548

starer1600

gogglea1625

stare-about1631

gapera1637

gloater1659

ogler1692

gilly-gaupus?1719

gape-seed1885

gongoozler1904

gawker1951

gawper1965

a1637 B. Jonson Timber 779 in Wks. (1640) III The Tamerlanes..of the late Age, which had nothing in them but the scenicall strutting, and furious vociferation, to warrant them to the ignorant gapers.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 47. ¶3 The Dutch..hang up..what they call the Sign of the Gaper, that is, the Head of an Ideot dressed in a Cap and Bells, and gaping in a most immoderate manner.

1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. x. 126 The Pope's Notary hath set up a great picture in the market-place, and the gapers say it relates to Rome.

1864–5 C. Knight Passages Working Life II. i. 5 Gapers from the country stood wonderingly upon the Parade.

†b. One who gapes or longs for a thing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [noun] > one who strongly desires

impatient1502

gaper1559

1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Worcester xiv And for my goodes and liuinges wer not small The gapers for them bare the world in hand [etc.].

a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 351 Maister Gavine Hammiltoun, gapare for the Bischoprik of Sanctandrois.

1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) 9 Paulin the consul..from the gapers [L. hiantium] Jawes I drew.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. 727 More gapers for the wealth Of such as dy'd.

2. Ornithology.

a. The open-bill (see quot. 1871). rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ciconiidae (stork) > genus Anastomus (open-bill)

openbill1837

open-beak1838

shell-eater1869

gaper1871

shell-ibis1894

snail-eater1894

clapper-bill1906

1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. 217 The Gaper (Anastomus oscitans) of India.

b. One of the Eurylæmidæ; a broad-bill.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Gurylaimidae (broad-bill)

gaper1885

1885 Standard Nat. Hist. IV. 463 The blue-billed gaper (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchus)..is found in Sumatra and Borneo.

3. (See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Serranidae (sea-bass) > [noun] > member of genus Serranus

comber1769

serran1803

rock hind1836

gaper1889

1787 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. Suppl. 124 Gaper... With the body marked with six or seven bands: tail undivided.

1861 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands I. 195 From this peculiarity it was that among the Greeks it [Serranus Cabrilla] obtained the name of..Channos, or the Gaper.]

1889 Cent. Dict. Comber, the Serranus cabrilla, also called..gaper.

4. A bivalve mollusc of the family Myidae, the shell of which is open at one end: also gaper-shell.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Siphonida > sinu-pallialia > family Myacidae

fleming1603

clam1672

clamp1672

basket-shell1713

Mya1777

soft clam1800

smurlin1806

sand-clam1809

long clam1811

old maid1815

softshell clam1818

maninose1843

gaper1853

long neck1857

geoduck1881

bluenose1883

sand-gaper1887

mano1899

1853 E. Forbes & S. Hanley Hist. Brit. Mollusca I. 160 Myadæ. The Gaper Tribe... The popular appellations of ‘Gapers’ may be applied to the whole tribe.

1868 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands v. 98 The common Gaper Shell (Mya arenaria), so called because one end of the shell gapes widely.

5. An easy catch in Cricket. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > [noun] > catch or catching > types of

gaper1903

slip-catch1903

lolly1924

slip-catching1950

alley-oop1965

1903 P. G. Wodehouse Prefect's Uncle viii. 117 Seeing you miss a gaper like that right into your hands made me think I was playing stump-cricket with the juniors.

1963 Times 7 Feb. 3/3 Certain of the younger members of the side were dropping some regular ‘gapers’.

Derivatives

† ˈgaperess n. Obsolete a female gaper.

ΚΠ

1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A woman Gaper or a gapresse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gaper
释义	gapern. Brit. /ˈɡeɪpə/, U.S. /ˈɡeɪpər/ Forms: Also 1500s Scottish -are. Etymology: < gape v. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. One that gapes; one that stares or gazes in wonder or curiosity. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > starer or gazer gazer1548 starer1600 gogglea1625 stare-about1631 gapera1637 gloater1659 ogler1692 gilly-gaupus?1719 gape-seed1885 gongoozler1904 gawker1951 gawper1965 a1637 B. Jonson Timber 779 in Wks. (1640) III The Tamerlanes..of the late Age, which had nothing in them but the scenicall strutting, and furious vociferation, to warrant them to the ignorant gapers. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 47. ¶3 The Dutch..hang up..what they call the Sign of the Gaper, that is, the Head of an Ideot dressed in a Cap and Bells, and gaping in a most immoderate manner. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. x. 126 The Pope's Notary hath set up a great picture in the market-place, and the gapers say it relates to Rome. 1864–5 C. Knight Passages Working Life II. i. 5 Gapers from the country stood wonderingly upon the Parade. †b. One who gapes or longs for a thing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [noun] > one who strongly desires impatient1502 gaper1559 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Worcester xiv And for my goodes and liuinges wer not small The gapers for them bare the world in hand [etc.]. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 351 Maister Gavine Hammiltoun, gapare for the Bischoprik of Sanctandrois. 1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) 9 Paulin the consul..from the gapers [L. hiantium] Jawes I drew. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. 727 More gapers for the wealth Of such as dy'd. 2. Ornithology. a. The open-bill (see quot. 1871). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ciconiidae (stork) > genus Anastomus (open-bill) openbill1837 open-beak1838 shell-eater1869 gaper1871 shell-ibis1894 snail-eater1894 clapper-bill1906 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. 217 The Gaper (Anastomus oscitans) of India. b. One of the Eurylæmidæ; a broad-bill. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Gurylaimidae (broad-bill) gaper1885 1885 Standard Nat. Hist. IV. 463 The blue-billed gaper (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchus)..is found in Sumatra and Borneo. 3. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Serranidae (sea-bass) > [noun] > member of genus Serranus comber1769 serran1803 rock hind1836 gaper1889 1787 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. Suppl. 124 Gaper... With the body marked with six or seven bands: tail undivided. 1861 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands I. 195 From this peculiarity it was that among the Greeks it [Serranus Cabrilla] obtained the name of..Channos, or the Gaper.] 1889 Cent. Dict. Comber, the Serranus cabrilla, also called..gaper. 4. A bivalve mollusc of the family Myidae, the shell of which is open at one end: also gaper-shell. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Siphonida > sinu-pallialia > family Myacidae fleming1603 clam1672 clamp1672 basket-shell1713 Mya1777 soft clam1800 smurlin1806 sand-clam1809 long clam1811 old maid1815 softshell clam1818 maninose1843 gaper1853 long neck1857 geoduck1881 bluenose1883 sand-gaper1887 mano1899 1853 E. Forbes & S. Hanley Hist. Brit. Mollusca I. 160 Myadæ. The Gaper Tribe... The popular appellations of ‘Gapers’ may be applied to the whole tribe. 1868 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands v. 98 The common Gaper Shell (Mya arenaria), so called because one end of the shell gapes widely. 5. An easy catch in Cricket. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > [noun] > catch or catching > types of gaper1903 slip-catch1903 lolly1924 slip-catching1950 alley-oop1965 1903 P. G. Wodehouse Prefect's Uncle viii. 117 Seeing you miss a gaper like that right into your hands made me think I was playing stump-cricket with the juniors. 1963 Times 7 Feb. 3/3 Certain of the younger members of the side were dropping some regular ‘gapers’. Derivatives † ˈgaperess n. Obsolete a female gaper. ΚΠ 1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A woman Gaper or a gapresse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1559
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