CAPER
What does "CAPER" mean?
A playful leap, a lighthearted escapade, or a small pickled flower bud used in cooking.
Meanings
- An illicit or daring escapade, especially a heist or scheme treated with playful flair. The film follows three thieves planning an elaborate jewel caper. informal
- A playful skip or leap. The lambs cut a few capers across the meadow.
- To skip or dance about in a lively, playful way. The children capered around the bonfire.
- The small green pickled flower bud of the caper bush, used as a savory seasoning. He scattered capers over the smoked salmon.
Did you know?
- When you 'cut a caper', you're invoking a goat: the leaping sense comes from Latin 'caper' (goat) through Italian, the same root that gives us Capricorn the goat of the zodiac.
Word origin
The 'leap' sense comes from Italian 'capriola' ('a leap, a goat's jump'), from Latin 'caper' ('goat'). The culinary 'caper' bud is a separate word, from Greek 'kapparis' via Latin 'capparis'.
Remember it
Two CAPERS on one bush: the goat-leap (a CAPER like a CAPRICORN goat) and the briny bud. Same spelling, different roots.
A little poem
The plan was clean, the leap was wide-
and one small caper rolled, and rolled, aside.
couplet
Wordplay
- The chef and the cat burglar both pulled off a great caper - one ended up on the fish, the other in the vault.
What it teaches
Call a risk an adventure and even the fear starts to dance a little.
Quick facts
What does CAPER mean?
A playful leap, a lighthearted escapade, or a small pickled flower bud used in cooking.
Is CAPER a valid word?
Yes — CAPER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CAPER?
CAPER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does CAPER come from?
The 'leap' sense comes from Italian 'capriola' ('a leap, a goat's jump'), from Latin 'caper' ('goat'). The culinary 'caper' bud is a separate word, from Greek 'kapparis' via Latin 'capparis'.
What can CAPER teach us?
Call a risk an adventure and even the fear starts to dance a little.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.