Dictionary Entry
caper
caper is a 5-letter English word with 12 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.
- 2noun
A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.
- 3noun
A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer.
- 4noun
The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.
- 5noun
A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree.
- 6noun
a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- 7noun
gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
"it was all done in play"
"their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly"
- 8noun
a playful leap or hop
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- 9noun
a crime (especially a robbery)
"the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis"
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- 10noun
pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces
- 11noun
any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis
- 12verb
jump about playfully
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