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capper.

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

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  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".

  4. A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.

    US · dated · slang
Where this word comes from

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

noun
  1. A person who records a television broadcast or video stream to their computer.

    Internet
Where this word comes from

Abbreviated form of capture + -er.

noun
  1. A person who caps i.e. is inclined to untruth, a fibber.

    slang
Where this word comes from

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 *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English capper From cap + -er.

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