As a letter s
is the letter s with a.
As a noun caper is
a frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank or caper can be a vessel formerly used by the dutch; privateer or caper can be the pungent grayish green flower bud of the european and oriental caper (capparis spinosa ), which is pickled and eaten or caper can be (scotland) the capercaillie.
As a verb caper is
to leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.
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Translingual
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(
wikipedia s)
Letter
The nineteenth letter of the .
Symbol
(
wikipedia)
(
mul-symbol)
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
See also
(
Latn-script)
*
* (esh)
* (dze)
*
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Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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caper
Etymology 1
Shortening of capriole.
Noun
(
en noun)
A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.
A crime, especially theft, or a narrative about such a crime.
Derived terms
* cut a caper
Verb
(
en verb)
To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) kaper.
Noun
(
en noun)
A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
Etymology 3
From (etyl) capparis.
Noun
(
en noun)
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
Etymology 4
Shortening of capercaillie.
Noun
(
en noun)
(Scotland) The capercaillie.
Anagrams
*
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