caper

1. Caper
   A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.
2. Caper
   A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer.
3. Caper
   The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.
4. Caper
   To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance. "He capers , he dances, he has eyes of youth."

1. caper
   To leap; skip or jump; prance; spring: as, to caper about (as a lamb or a child); “making a roan horse caper,” Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine.
2. (n) caper
   A leap; a skip or spring, as in dancing or mirth, or in the frolic of a kid or lamb, or a child; hence, a sportive or capricious action; a prank.
3. (n) caper
   A plant, Capparis spinosa, the buds of which (called capers) are much used as a condiment. The bush is a low shrub, growing on old walls, in fissures of rocks, or among rubbish, in the countries bordering the Mediterranean. The buds are collected and preserved in vinegar. In some parts of Italy the unripe fruit is employed in the same way. Also called caper-bush or caper-plant, and formerly caper-tree.
4. (n) caper
   Nautical, a light-armed vessel of the seventeenth century, used by the Dutch for privateering.

1. (n) Caper
   kā′pėr the pickled flower-bud of the caper-shrub, much grown in Sicily. It has an agreeable pungency of taste, with a slight bitterness, and is much used in sauces, along with boiled mutton, &c
2. (v.i) Caper
   kā′pėr to leap or skip like a goat: to dance in a frolicsome manner
3. (n) Caper
   a leap: a prank

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