name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
capper
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈkæ.pəɹ/
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rhymes with -æpə(ɹ)
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: K AE1 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles.
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noun
Meaning 3
A person that makes or sells caps.
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noun
Meaning 4
A finale; something that is conclusively better, or "caps it all off".
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Synonyms: cherry on the cake, icing on the cake
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noun
Meaning 5
A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dated, slang
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noun
Meaning 6
A person who records a television broadcast or video stream to their computer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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noun
Meaning 7
A person who caps i.e. is inclined to untruth, a fibber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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History
Etymology
From Middle English capper; equivalent to cap + -er.
Abbreviated form of capture + -er.
Etymology tree Late Latin cappabor. Proto-West Germanic *kappā Proto-West Germanic *kappijā Old English cæppe Middle English cappe English cap Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English capper From cap + -er.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kapseloimiskone — A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles
- Czech: čepičář — A person that makes or sells caps
- Finnish: hatuntekijä — A person that makes or sells caps
- Finnish: hattumaakari — A person that makes or sells caps
- German: Hutmacher — A person that makes or sells caps
- Ottoman Turkish: بوركجی (börkcü) — A person that makes or sells caps
- Finnish: huippukohta — A finale
- Russian: коне́ц (konéc) — A finale