caper


Definition: Meaning of, caper in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈkeɪpə /

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Word Forms:
Prsesent Past Past Participle
caper capered capered
Present Participle Third Person Singular
capering capers
[intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
  1. to jump around and play in a happy excited way
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Word Forms:
Singular Plural
caper capers
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  1. a small dark green part of a flower used in cooking to give a sour taste to food
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  2. informal a planned activity, especially an illegal or dangerous one
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  3. behaviour or an activity that is amusing or silly and not serious
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  4. a short jumping or dancing movement
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caper used in phrases

  • Colaptes caper collaris (noun)
    1. western United States bird with red undersurface to wings and tail
  • Jamaica caper tree (noun)
    1. shrub of southern Florida to West Indies
  • Syrian bean caper (noun)
    1. perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers
  • bay-leaved caper (noun)
    1. shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America
  • bean caper (noun)
    1. perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers
  • bean-caper family (noun)
    1. small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea
  • caper family (noun)
    1. a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia
  • caper sauce (noun)
    1. allemande sauce with capers
  • caper spurge (noun)
    1. poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil
  • caper tree (noun)
    1. shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America
    2. shrub of southern Florida to West Indies
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