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caper¹
- /ˈkeɪpɚ/ US
- /ˈkeɪpə/ UK
Rhymes with -eɪpə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Clipping of capriole.
noun capers
- A playful leap or jump.
- A jump while dancing.
- A prank or practical joke.
- Playful behaviour.
- A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime. His caper had failed to find a comic resolution. Instead, there had been a genre switch, and the madcap adventure had turned serious. Or had this bleakness underlain the caper from the start?
verb capers · capering · capered
- To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner. He capered before them down towards the fortyfoot hole, fluttering his winglike hands, leaping nimbly, Mercury’s hat quivering in the fresh wind that bore back to them his brief birdsweet cries.
- To jump as part of a dance.
- To engage in playful behaviour.
- To run at speed. Then up Jack got. And home did trot, As fast as he could caper; Dame Gill did the job, To plaster his nob, With vinegar and brown paper.
caper²
- /ˈkeɪpɚ/ US
- /ˈkeɪpə/ UK
Rhymes with -eɪpə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Latin capparis, from Ancient Greek κάππαρις (kápparis).
noun capers
-
The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
Similar: caperberry
-
A plant of the genus Capparis.
Similar: caper bush, caper tree, caperberry
caper³
- /ˈkeɪpɚ/ US
- /ˈkeɪpə/ UK
Rhymes with -eɪpə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Dutch kaper.
noun capers
- A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
caper⁴
- /ˈkeɪpɚ/ US
- /ˈkeɪpə/ UK
Rhymes with -eɪpə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Shortening of capercaillie.
noun capers
- The capercaillie.
Translations
Every language
noun playful leap
| Español | cabriola |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 雀躍 /雀跃 quèyuè |
| Français | cabriole |
| Italiano | sobbalzo, saltellamento |
| Română | salt, săritură, tumbă, țopăit |
| Русский | скачо́к skačók, прыжо́к pryžók, коле́нце kolénce |
verb jump about playfully
| 中文 | 雀躍 /雀跃 quèyuè |
|---|---|
| Français | cabrioler, batifoler |
| Italiano | saltellare |
| Română | sări, zburda, țopăi |
| Русский | скака́ть skakátʹ |
| עברית | קִפֵּץ kipéts |
Talk about this word "caper." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/caper. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. caper. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/caper "caper." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/caper.Cite this
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title = {caper},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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