different between zapper vs capper

English

Etymology

zap +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: z?p??(r), IPA^(key): /?zæp.?(?)/
• Rhymes: -æp?(r)

Noun

zapper (plural zappers)

1. (colloquial) A remote control for a television.

   The news is starting on the other channel; hand me the zapper.

2. A device that electrocutes ("zaps") with a high voltage, e.g. a bug zapper.
3. (figuratively, by extension) Anything that exterminates.
   • 1989, Microtimes (volume 6, page 140)

     If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important. Casual alien-zappers can get by with the cheapest generic Taiwanese clone-stick […]

Translations

French

Etymology

From English zap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za.pe/

Verb

zapper

1. to channel-hop, channel surf
2. (figuratively) to dither, change one's opinion rapidly, vacillate
3. to skip over
4. (familiar) to forget

Conjugation

Further reading

• “zapper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

capper (plural cappers)

1. One who caps.
2. A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles.
3. A person that makes or sells caps.
4. A finale.
5. (US, slang, dated) A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.

Translations

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.

Anagrams

• precap

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cappere, capyare, kapiare, capere, capier

Etymology

From cappe +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kap?r(?)/

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.