| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To leap, gambol, skip, jump or lope.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To scamper. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To leapfrog. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To bounce.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Present participle conjugation of the verb caper.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (caper) | 1. Jump about playfully.[Wordnet]. 2. To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: capering, capered, capers, caperer, caperers, caperingly and caperedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being facetious.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being sporting. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being raging. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being rollicking.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "CAPERING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1518. (references) |
Specialty Definition: CAPERING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Leaping; skipping.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of caper. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: caper
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Bay-leaved caper | Shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Bean caper | 1: A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: Perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Caper bush | Alt. of Caper tree. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Caper family | A dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Caper sauce | 1: A kind of sauce or catchup made of capers. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: Allemande sauce with capers. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Caper spurge | Poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Caper tree | 1: See Capper, a plant, 2. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: Shrub of southern Florida to West Indies. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| 3: Shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Common caper | Prostrate spiny shrub of the Mediterranean region cultivated for its greenish flower buds which are pickled. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Flavius Caper | Flavius Caper, Latin grammarian, flourished during the 2nd century. (references) | ||
| Syrian bean caper | Perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| The Great Money Caper | The Great Money Caper is the seventh episode of the twelfth season of The Simpsons. It aired on December 10, 2000. (references) | ||
| The Great Muppet Caper | The Great Muppet Caper is the second of a series of live-action musical feature films, starring Jim Henson's Muppets. This film was produced by Henson Associates, ITC Entertainment and Universal Studios, and originally released in movie theatres in 1981. (references) | ||
| The Great Simoleon Caper | The Great Simoleon Caper is a short story by Neal Stephenson that appeared in TIME Domestic SPECIAL ISSUE, Spring 1995 Volume 145, No. 12. It deals with concepts familiar to Stephenson's fans: encryption and digital currency. (references) | ||
| The Mediterranean Caper | A psychotic ex-Nazi, a vicious narcotics dealer, a bloodthirsty Greek strongman and a beautiful double agent set Pitt on the trail of the warped mastermind behind a devastating sabotage plot. And on that trail danger and death are never far behind... (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: caper
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Caper merchant | Literature | A dancing-master who cuts "capers." (See Cut Capers.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Caper merchant | Slang in 1811 | CAPER MERCHANT. A dancing master, or hop mercbant; marchand des capriolles. FRENCH TERM.--To cut papers; to leap or jump in dancing. See HOP MERCHANT. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
| Caper spurge | Aerospace | Caper spurge is an outdoor ornamental that has become naturalized in British Columbia. This plant contains an irritant toxin in the latex. Humans have been poisoned after ingesting the seed capsules, which resemble capers, a different plant. Goats apparently eat this plant without experiencing great problems, but the toxin can accumulate and can be passed through the milk (Fuller and McClintock 1986). Caper spurge has seed capsules that resemble true capers. In Europe, adults were poisoned when they mistakenly ingested caper spurge. They experienced intense burning of the mouth and stomach, abdominal pains, diarrhea, and eventual recovery. The latex is corrosive and causes skin irritation (Cooper and Johnson 1984, Fuller and McClintock 1986). General symptoms of poisoning: 1- Humans: a- abdominal pains; b- diarrhea; and c- vomiting. (references) | |
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