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noun

Caper n. A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.

To cut a caper, to frolic; to make a sportive spring; to play a prank.

Caper n. A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer.

Caper n.

The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.

(Bot.) A plant of the genus Capparis; called also caper bush, caper tree. Note: The Capparis spinosa is a low prickly shrub of the Mediterranean coasts, with trailing branches and brilliant flowers; cultivated in the south of Europe for its buds. The Capparis sodada is an almost leafless spiny shrub of central Africa (Soudan), Arabia, and southern India, with edible berries.

Bean caper. See Bran caper, in the Vocabulary.

Caper sauce, a kind of sauce or catchup made of capers.

verb

Caper v. i. (past & past part. capered; pres. part. capering) To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance. "He capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth."

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Etymology of 'Caper'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Caper" Quotes from Famous Books

... opening a political meeting; and I wished we could do it at home at the General Election. I wish that instead of the wearisome business of Mr. Bonar Law taking the chair, and Mr. Lloyd George addressing the meeting, Mr. Law and Mr. Lloyd George would only hop and caper in front of a procession, spinning round and round till they were dizzy, and waving and crossing a pair of umbrellas in a thousand invisible patterns. But this political announcement or advertisement, though more intelligent than our own, had, as ...

— The New Jerusalem • G. K. Chesterton

... twinkled. "With preserved seats, like we had last time! Oh, splendid!" and he began to caper about the room ...

— Soap-Bubble Stories - For Children • Fanny Barry

... to his head, which was now adorned with a rapidly-spreading glory; burned his fingers; and cut a frantic caper. ...

— In the Days of My Youth • Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards

... tree, and a few days later, carrying the hateful old man that way, I snatched at my gourd as I passed it and had the satisfaction of a draught of excellent wine so good and refreshing that I even forgot my detestable burden, and began to sing and caper. ...

— Oriental Literature - The Literature of Arabia • Anonymous

... Cadillan, rushed out on one of the balconies which looked on the square, and, holding a loaded pistol in each hand, which he had not dared to discharge even into the dead body of the murdered man, he cut a caper, and, holding up the innocent weapons, called out, "These have done the business!" But he lied, the braggart, and boasted of a crime which was committed ...

— Celebrated Crimes, Complete • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

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