gapper
Britishnoun
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After rookie Steven Kwan put the Guardians ahead with a third-inning homer, Bader saved a run by cutting off José Ramírez’s gapper to left-center and forcing Amed Rosario to hold at third.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2022
Hoskins hit a gapper into right-center to clear the bases for a 3-0 lead.
From Seattle Times • May 23, 2022
Thomas’s gapper snapped a 1-1 tie and was another punch from the bottom of the order.
From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2022
But Granderson also reacted with a long race into left-center field to haul in Jhonny Peralta’s bid for a gapper in the sixth inning, while the game was still within reach.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2011
Names like "gapper" and "trapjaw" came to be applied because of the habit of the snake's lying with its mouth open when approached.
From Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) by Burkett, Ray D.
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