different between caper vs fling

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ke?p?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ke?p?/
• Rhymes: -e?p?(?)
• Hyphenation: ca?per

Etymology 1

Clipping of capriole.

Noun

caper (plural capers)

1. A playful leap or jump.
2. A jump while dancing.
3. A prank or practical joke.
4. (usually in plural) Playful behaviour.
5. (figuratively) A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.

Derived terms

• cut a caper

Related terms

• cab
• caprine

Translations

Verb

caper (third-person singular simple present capers, present participle capering, simple past and past participle capered)

1. To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.
2. To jump as part of a dance.
3. To engage in playful behaviour.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Dutch kaper.

Noun

caper (plural capers)

1. A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.

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Etymology 3

From Latin capparis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kápparis).

Noun

caper (plural capers)

1. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
2. A plant of the genus Capparis.

   Synonyms: caper bush, caper tree, caperberry

Derived terms

• caperberry

Translations

Further reading

• caper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 4

Shortening of capercaillie.

Noun

caper (plural capers)

1. (Scotland) The capercaillie.

Translations

Anagrams

• Pacer, crape, pacer, recap

French

Etymology

From English cap + -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.pe/

Verb

caper

1. (finance) to cap (set a limit to)
2. (sports) to cap (award a player a cap for playing for their national team)

Conjugation

Indonesian

Etymology

From blend of cari (“seeking”) +? perhatian (“attention”), from calque of English attention-seeking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t??ap?r]
• Hyphenation: ca?pêr

Adjective

capêr (plural caper-caper)

1. (colloquial, acronym) attention-seeking.

Further reading

• “caper” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“buck, he-goat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ka.per/, [?käp?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ka.per/, [?k??p?r]

Noun

caper m (genitive capr?); second declension

1. a male goat, billy goat

   Synonym: hircus

2. vocative singular of caper

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Related terms

Descendants

References

• caper in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• caper in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• caper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• caper in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• caper in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin capere.

Verb

caper

1. to seize

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

caper m

1. indefinite plural of cape

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle English fling, from the verb (see below). Compare Icelandic flengur (“a fast sprint”).

Noun

fling (plural flings)

1. An act of throwing, often violently.
2. An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.

3. An act or period of unrestrained indulgence.
   • 1838, Douglas William Jerrold, Men of Character

     When I was as young as you, I had my fling. I led a life of pleasure.
4. A short casual sexual relationship.

   Synonym: hookup

5. (figuratively) An attempt, a try (as in "give it a fling").
6. (obsolete) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe or taunt.
   • c. 1732, Jonathan Swift, Epistle to a Lady

     I, who love to have a fling, / Both at senate house and king.

7. A lively Scottish country dance.

8. (obsolete) A trifling matter; an object of contempt.
   • ante 1800, old proverb

     England were but a fling / Save for the crooked stick and the grey goose wing.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English flingen, flengen, from Old Norse flengja (“to whip”), from Proto-Germanic *flangijan? (“to beat, whip”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh?k- (“to beat”). Cognate with Icelandic flengja (“to spank”), Norwegian flengja (“to rip, tear, or fling open”).

Verb

fling (third-person singular simple present flings, present participle flinging, simple past flung or (colloquial or dialectal, nonstandard) flang or (nonstandard) flinged, past participle flung or (nonstandard) flinged)

1. (intransitive, now archaic) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 113:

     I see, sir, said I, I see what a man I am with. […] And away I flung, leaving him seemingly vexed, and in confusion.

   • I flung closer to his breast, / As sword that, after battle, flings to sheath.

2. (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
   • I know thy generous temper well. / Fling but the appearance of dishonour on it, / It straight takes fire.
3. (intransitive, archaic) To throw; to wince; to flounce.
   • 1836, Helen Crocket, The Ettrick Shepherd's Last Tale

     The horse flung most potently, making his heels fly aloft in the air.

4. (intransitive, archaic) To utter abusive language; to sneer.

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