capper

See also: Capper

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkapə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæpɚ/

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Etymology 1

Etymology tree

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *káput

Proto-Italic *kaput

Latin caput

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulum

Latin capitulum

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin -āre

Latin capitulāre?

Late Latin cappabor.

Proto-West Germanic *kappā

Proto-West Germanic *kappijā

Old English cæppe

Middle English cappe

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

Middle English cappere

English capper

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 The New York Times Book Review‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 December 2024:

     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

• Czech: čepičář m
• Finnish: hatuntekijä, hattumaakari
• German: Hutmacher (de) m
• Turkish:

  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 or video stream to their computer.

Related terms

• screencap

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *káput

Proto-Italic *kaput

Latin caput

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulum

Latin capitulum

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin -āre

Latin capitulāre?

Late Latin cappabor.

Proto-West Germanic *kappā

Proto-West Germanic *kappijā

Old English cæppe

Middle English cappe

English cap

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English capper

From cap + -er.

Noun

capper (plural cappers)

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

Anagrams

• precap

Middle English

Noun

capper

1. alternative form of cappere