caper

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[edit] English

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Caper

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[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪpə(r)

[edit] Noun

caper (plural capers)

1. A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.
2. A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
3. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
4. A plant of the genus Capparis, also called caper bush, caper tree.
5. A crime, especially theft, or a narrative about such a crime.
6. (Scottish) the capercaillie.

[edit] Derived terms

• cut a caper
• caperberry

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to caper (third-person singular simple present capers, present participle capering, simple past and past participle capered)

1. To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of acepr
• crape
• pacer, Pacer
• recap

[edit] Latin

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈka.pɛr/

[edit] Noun

caper (genitive caprī); m, second declension

1. A male goat.
2. vocative singular of caper

[edit] Inflection

Second declension, masculines in -er variation (2:ER).

[edit] Synonyms

• (male goat): hircus

[edit] Derived terms

• caprimulgus

[edit] Related terms

• capellus
• capra