groper
See also: gröper
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹoʊpɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹoʊpə/
Etymology 1
From grope + -er.
Noun
groper (plural gropers)
- Agent noun of grope; one who gropes.
- An employee of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), especially those who perform inspections on passengers.
Etymology 2
Variant of grouper.
Noun
groper (plural gropers)
- (Australia) Any of several marine fish, especially the Queensland groper or giant grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus, of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
- 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo 2012, p. 230:
- Everybody knows that there are big groper in the Gulf of Carpentaria, but those that joined Norm Phantom on his journeys were the ones nobody else had ever seen.
- 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo 2012, p. 230:
- (New Zealand) hapuku wreckfish (Polyprion oxygeneios)
Derived terms
- baldchin groper (Choerodon rubescens)
- bass groper (wreckfish; Polyprion americanus, syn. Polyprion moeone)
Anagrams
- Prerog.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
groper m or f
- indefinite plural of grop
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
groper f
- indefinite plural of grop