| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: caperclawing, caperclawed, caperclaws, caperclawer, caperclawers, caperclawingly and caperclawedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "CAPERCLAW" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Caperclaw \Ca"per*claw`\, transitive verb. To treat with cruel playfulness, as cat treats mouse; to abuse. [obsolete]. (references) |
