- caper⇄caper (1), verb, noun.
- caper⇄caper (2), noun.
a low, prickly shrub native to the Mediterranean region and growing in southern United States. It is sometimes grown elsewhere in the United States and Canada as a tender annual.
Ex. The pungent, slightly bitter flower buds of - caper⇄caper (3), noun.
1. privateer.
2. the captain of a privateer. - caper⇄expr. capers, the green flower buds or berries of this shrub, pickled and used for seasoning.
Ex. chicken salad sprinkled with capers. - caper⇄expr. cut a caper (or capers),
a. to play or do a trick.
Ex. to cut a caper on the straight rope (Jonathan Swift).
b. to dance, leap, or jump about playfully.
Ex. He can dance, though he does not cut capers (Sir Richard Steele). - caper⇄noun caperer.
- caper⇄noun 1. a playful leap or jump.
Ex. The boy's caper cost him a twisted ankle.
(SYN) gambol, prance.
2. (Figurative.) a prank; trick.
Ex. The child's Halloween capers made the neighbors laugh.
3. (Slang.) an illegal or cri - caper⇄v.i. to leap or jump about playfully.
Ex. The court jester capered and danced before the king.
(SYN) skip, spring, cavort.