capper

See also: Capper

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Middle English capper; equivalent to cap +‎ -er.

Noun

capper (plural cappers)

1. A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles.
2. A person that makes or sells caps.
3. A finale; something that is conclusively better, or "caps it all off".

   Synonyms: cherry on the cake, icing on the cake

   • 2008, Jerry 'The King' Lawler, It's Good To Be The King...: Sometimes:

     And the capper of it all was, Stacy flew back to Memphis to see me for a day and try to settle our divorce with a one-on-one meeting.

   • 2009 February 1, Joe Queenan, “Super Bowl Suits”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The real capper is when St. John starts fawning over Hugh Hefner, host of the finest Super Bowl party known to man, musing: “The question isn’t whether Hef is the hippest octogenarian on the planet.

4. (US, slang, dated) A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.

Translations

A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles

• Finnish: kapseloimiskone

A person that makes or sells caps

• Finnish: hatuntekijä, hattumaakari
• German: Hutmacher (de) m
• Ottoman Turkish: بوركجی (börkcü)

A finale

• Finnish: huippukohta
• Russian: коне́ц (ru) m (konéc)

See also

• milliner

Etymology 2

Abbreviated form of capture +‎ -er.

Noun

capper (plural cappers)

1. (Internet slang) A person who records a television broadcast to their computer.

Etymology 3

cap +‎ -er.

Noun

capper (plural cappers)

1. (slang) A person who caps i.e. is inclined to untruth, a fibber.

Anagrams

• precap

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cappere, capyare, kapiare, capere, capier

Etymology

From cappe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkapər(ə)/

Noun

capper (plural cappers)

1. capper (maker of caps or other headgear)

Descendants

• English: capper

References

• “capper, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.