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caperer

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ca⋅per

1  [key-per]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol.
–noun
2. a playful leap or skip.
3. a prank or trick; harebrained escapade.
4. a frivolous, carefree episode or activity.
5. Slang. a criminal or illegal act, as a burglary or robbery.
—Idiom
6. cut a caper. cut (def. 80a).
Origin:
1585–95; fig. use of L caper he-goat (c. OE hæfer, ON hafr, OIr caera sheep < a West IE term *kap-(e)ro- for a domesticated smaller animal); for the meaning, cf. dog (v.)

Related forms:
ca⋅per⋅er, noun
ca⋅per⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
3. stunt, antic, shenanigans. 4. spree, frolic.
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Slang Dictionary
caper [ˈkepɚ]

  1. n.
    any stunt or event; a trick or a scam. : That little caper the kids did with the statue from the town square was a dandy.
  2. n.
    a criminal job: theft, kidnapping, blackmail, etc. (Underworld.) : The black and whites pulled up right in the middle of the caper.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

caper  (n.)
1382, from L. capparis, from Gk. kapparis, of uncertain origin. The final -s was mistaken for pl. inflection in Eng. and dropped.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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