caper

1. 1.

   jump about playfully

   Broaderjump

Other forms of caper

plural

capers·

past tense

caperred·

present participle

caperring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about caper

What does caper mean?

caper means "any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in caper?

caper has 2 syllables: ca-per. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /ˈkeɪpɚ/.

What is another word for caper?

Close synonyms include job, capriole, play, frolic, romp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is caper a common word?

caper is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.