Definition of "gapper" [gapper]

• A ball hit through the regions between the outfielders. (noun)
• Someone who is on or has done a gap year, or a break from study. (noun)

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• "She's a "gapper" - one of a small but growing number of American students who are deciding to take a "gap year" off between high school and what would be their freshman year of college to travel, volunteer, work, study, and otherwise recharge their batteries before getting back on the academic treadmill."
• "McCumber slipped him a "gapper," a piece of the action, to shut him up."
• "He also benefited from some outstanding defense, including center fielder Franklin Gutierrez's diving grab of a gapper by Casilla in the first inning."