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caper
1[ key-per ]
caper
2[ key-per ]
noun
- a spiny shrub, Capparis spinosa, of Mediterranean regions, having roundish leaves and solitary white flowers.
- its flower bud, which is pickled and used for garnish or seasoning.
caper
1/ ˈɪə /
noun
- a playful skip or leap
- a high-spirited escapade
- cut a caper or cut capers
- to skip or jump playfully
- to act or behave playfully; frolic
- slang.a crime, esp an organized robbery
- informal.a job or occupation
- informal.a person's behaviour
verb
- intr to leap or dance about in a light-hearted manner
caper
2/ ˈɪə /
noun
- a spiny trailing Mediterranean capparidaceous shrub, Capparis spinosa, with edible flower buds
- any of various similar plants or their edible parts See also bean caper capers
Derived Forms
- ˈԲ, adverb
- ˈ, noun
Other Word Forms
- p· noun
- p·Բ· adverb
- ܲ·p·Բ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of caper1
Origin of caper2
Word History and Origins
Origin of caper1
Origin of caper2
Idioms and Phrases
- cut a caper. cut ( def 87 ).
Example Sentences
The poorly received comic book caper was to be his final screen appearance.
But this isn’t a thriller or a caper in the vein of, say, Elmore Leonard.
Saeed says he wasn’t trying too hard with the representation angle; he just built the framework for a crazy caper and placed a Pakistani American family within it.
This kind of gory caper teeters on formulaic.
I made pasta puttanesca.I'm sure I didn't rinse the capers.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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