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)

1. Agent noun of grope: one who gropes.
2. (US) An employee of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), especially one who performs inspections on passengers.

Etymology 2

Variant of grouper.

Noun

groper (plural gropers)

1. (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, published 2012, page 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.

2. (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

1. indefinite plural of grop

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

groper f

1. indefinite plural of grop