Crossword-Solution: CAPER
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Caper | v. i. | To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance. |
| Caper | n. | A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; 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. |
| Caper | n. | A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| CAPER | anagram | CARPE, CRAPE, PACER, PARCE, PERCA, RECAP |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with CAPER (5)
Pearl, looking at this bright wonder of a house began to caper and dance, and imperatively required that the whole breadth of sunshine should be stripped off its front, and given her to play with.
The Jester looked at each of the four corners of the paper with such a grin of affected intelligence as a monkey is apt to assume upon similar occasions, then cut a caper, and gave the letter to Locksley.
With this, I cut down the saplings by which my oxen were entangled, and again pursued my journey, with my heart in my mouth, lest the oxen should again take it into their senseless heads to cut up a caper.
But they seemed to be huge friends, he thought; and was the more surprised, when the curate had taken his leave, to see the lassie fling stones after him with screeches of laughter, and Haddo turn about and caper, and shake his staff at her, and laugh louder than herself.
Your uncle has been weak where you were concerned, but this caper of yours has brought him to his senses.
Quotes with CAPER (3)
i have had my ups and downsbut wotthehell wotthehellyesterday sceptres and crownsfried oysters and velvet gownsand today i herd with bumsbut wotthehell wotthehelli wake the world from sleepas i caper and sing and leapwhen i sing my wild free tunewotthehell wotthehellunder the blear eyed mooni am pelted with cast off shoonbut wotthehell wotthehell
The aggregate appearance is of dignity and dissoluteness. The aggregate voice is a defiant prayer. But the spirit of the whole is processional. The power, that has said to all these things that they are damned, is dogmatic science. But they'll march! The little harlots will caper and the freaks will distract the attention and the clowns will break the rhythm of the whole with their buffooneries. But the solidity of the procession as a whole, the solidity of things which pass …
Being a copper I like to see the law win. I'd like to see the flashy well-dressed mugs like Eddie Mars spoiling their manicures in the rock quarry at Folsom, alongside of the poor little slum-bred guys that got knocked over on their first caper amd never had a break since. That's what I'd like. You and me both lived too long to think I'm likely to see it happen. Not in this town, not in any town half this size, in any part of this wide, green and beautiful U.S.A. We just don't run our country that way.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, S&S, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 272 times in crossword archives (1944–2025).