Collins English-English Dictionary

caper ['keɪpə]

1. 1. n a playful skip or leap

2. 2. n a high-spirited escapade

3. 3. n [slang] a crime, esp an organized robbery

4. 4. n [Austral] [informal] a job or occupation

5. 5. n [Austral] [informal] a person's behaviour

6. 6. vi. [intr] to leap or dance about in a light-hearted manner

7. 7. vi. [Etymology] C16: probably from capriole

caper ['keɪpə]

1. 1. n a spiny trailing Mediterranean capparidaceous shrub, Capparis spinosa, with edible flower buds

2. 2. n any of various similar plants or their edible parts - See also bean caper capers

3. 3. n [Etymology] C15: from earlier capers, capres (assumed to be plural), from Latin capparis, from Greek kapparis