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whim
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(h)w?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Etymology 1
Clipping of whim-wham.
Noun
whim (countable and uncountable, plural whims)
- A fanciful impulse, or whimsical idea.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Churchill to this entry?)
- Let every man enjoy his whim.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Churchill to this entry?)
- (mining) A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes
Synonyms
- (fancy): lark, especially in phrase on a whim, see also Thesaurus:whim
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
whim (third-person singular simple present whims, present participle whimming, simple past and past participle whimmed)
- (rare, intransitive) To be seized with a whim; to be capricious.
Further reading
- Picture of a horse-powered whim used to wind the cables on to work the mine between the depth of 50 feet to 500 feet - photo taken at Gympie, Queensland, Australia
Etymology 2
Compare whimbrel.
Noun
whim (plural whims)
- A bird, the Eurasian wigeon.
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caper
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)
- A playful leap or jump.
- A jump while dancing.
- A prank or practical joke.
- (usually in plural) Playful behaviour.
- (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)
- To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.
- To jump as part of a dance.
- To engage in playful behaviour.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Dutch kaper.
Noun
caper (plural capers)
- A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
Translations
Etymology 3
From Latin capparis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kápparis).
Noun
caper (plural capers)
- The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
- 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)
- (Scotland) The capercaillie.
Translations
Anagrams
- Pacer, crape, pacer, recap
French
Etymology
From English cap + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.pe/
Verb
caper
- (finance) to cap (set a limit to)
- (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)
- (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
- a male goat, billy goat
- Synonym: hircus
- 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
- 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
- indefinite plural of cape
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