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capers

capers is the plural of caper.

capers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of caper.

Meaning of caper

Noun (1)

caper (plural capers)

  1. A playful leap or jump.
  2. A jump while dancing.
  3. A prank or practical joke.
  4. (plural-normally) Playful behaviour.
  5. (figuratively) A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.
    • His caper had failed to find a comic resolution. Instead, there had been a genre switch, and the madcap adventure had turned serious. Or had this bleakness underlain the caper from the start?2022, Jennifer Egan, “i, the Protagonist”, in The Candy House

Noun (2)

caper (plural capers)

  1. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
    Synonyms:
    caperberry

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Phrases with capers

Questions about capers

What is capers the plural of?
Capers is the plural of caper.

Words near capers in the dictionary

  1. capernoitie
  2. capernoities
  3. capernosity
  4. Capernwray
  5. Caperquin
  6. capers
  7. capersome
  8. Capertee
  9. Caperton
  10. Capertons
  11. caperwort

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