ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Capper

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Capper is a noun meaning A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

  1. A person that makes or sells caps.
  2. A finale; something that is conclusively better, or "caps it all off".
  3. (US, slang, dated) A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.
  4. (Internet slang) A person who records a television broadcast or video stream to their computer.
  5. (slang) A person who caps i.e. is inclined to untruth, a fibber.

Example Sentences

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.
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.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include decapper, capsuler, recapper, bottlecap, capsule, capful.

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