CAPPER

Definitions: CAPPER

CAPPER

Noun

1. An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.

2. A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers [Slang, U. S.].

3. One whose business is to make or sell caps.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definitions: CAPPER

Domain	Definitions
Engineering & Technology	An operator. . . that applies the closure or cap to bottles, jars, cans, etc. Source: European Union. (references)
Occupations	Rotates tips of alcohol-filled glass vials to be used in levels against pinpoint gas flame to melt glass and seal hole in tip. Taps sealed vials on wooden block to see if they will break. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: CAPPER

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Deceiver	Liar; (lie; ); story-teller, perjurer, false witness, menteur a triple etage, Scapin; bunko steerer, carpetbagger, capper, faker, fraud, four flusher, horse coper, ringer, spieler, straw bidder.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: CAPPER

Specialty definitions using "CAPPER": Capper-Volstead Act, comb capper ♦ IGNITER CAPPER. (references)

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Photo Album: CAPPER

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Again the sharp slicer was raised in the breeze when Senator Capper, clad in a wrapper, came ...Credit: Library of Congress.		Senators Frank R. Gooding, Arthur Capper, C.L. McNary, and George H. Moses (left to right) full-length portrait, holding forest protection posters put out by the U.S. Forest Service.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: CAPPER

"CAPPER" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "CAPPER" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	91.67%	22	74,468
Noun (singular)	8.33%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	24	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: CAPPER

The following table summarizes the usage of "CAPPER" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Capper	Last name	200	36,142
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CAPPER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
capper	222	capper snapper	3
access capper	27	resina capper	3
bottle capper	25	capper insurance	3
candle capper	18	capper magazine subscription	3
capper ultimate	16	candle capper wholesale	2
capper mall	14	capper ford	2
capper pick	8	access capper com	2
capper weekly	7	capper suzanne	2
capper filling high speed universal	6	capper charles ford	2
capper magazine	5	capper stocking tv	2
capper ring	5	capper online	2
capper foundation	4	discount capper	2
capper wholesale	4	capper dot laser mod	2
alcoa capper	3	capper industrial	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: CAPPER

Language		Translations for "CAPPER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		maskinskaerer (cut-off man), kapselpåsætningsmaskine (bottle capping machine). (various references)

Dutch		capsuleermachine (bottle capping machine), bladbreker (cut-off man), afbreker (cut-off man). (various references)

Finnish		pullontulpituskone (bottle capping machine), leikkaaja (cut-off man, cutter, editor, reaper), katkaisija (cut-off man). (various references)

French		croqueur, capsuleur (capping machine), encapsuleuse de bouteilles (bottle capping machine). (various references)

German		Flaschen-Kapselmaschine (bottle capping machine), Brecher (billow, breaker, breakers, breaking sea, breaking wave, crusher, cut-off man, grinder, roller), Abbrecher (cut-off man). (various references)

Greek		σπάστης (cut-off man), πωματιστική μηχανή φιαλών (bottle capping machine). (various references)

Hungarian		csúcsa vminek (tip), teteje vminek (crest, pink of sg, tiptop), kupakoló munkás, dugaszoló munkás. (various references)

Italian		troncalastre (cut-off man), macchina incapsulatrice per bottiglie (bottle capping machine). (various references)

Korean		캐퍼. (various references)

Pig Latin		appercay

Portuguese		cortador de chapa de vidro (cut-off man), capsuladora (bottle capping machine, capping machine, crowner). (various references)

Romanian		Cãciular (cap maker, hatter). (various references)

Spanish		capsuladora (bottle capping machine), sacahojas (cut-off man), arrancador (cut-off man, puller, starter). (various references)

Swedish		kapsyleringsmaskin (bottle capping machine), brytare (braker, breaker, cut-off man, scum breaker, skerry). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: CAPPER

Derivations
	Words beginning with "CAPPER": cappers. (additional references)
	Words ending with "CAPPER": handicapper. (additional references)
	Words containing "CAPPER": handicappers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"CAPPER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Calper, Caparn, capir, capker, Capler, Capoeira, cappe, cappel, cappen, kaeppler, kaper, kapper. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "CAPPER"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "CAPPER" (pronounced ka"per)
3	-a" p er	clapper, dapper, flapper, Knapper, Napper, rapper, Sapper, snapper, Tapper, wrapper.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: CAPPER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-p-p-r"
	-1 letter: caper, crape, pacer, paper, recap.
	-2 letters: acre, aper, cape, care, carp, crap, pace, pare, pear, perp, prep, race, rape, reap, repp.
	-3 letters: ace, ape, arc, are, cap, car, cep, ear, era, pac, pap, par, pea, pec, pep, per, rap, rec, rep.
	-4 letters: ae, ar, er, pa, pe, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-p-p-r"
	+1 letter: cappers, clapper, crapped, crapper, crappie, epicarp, prepack.
	+2 letters: clappers, coappear, copperah, copperas, crappers, crappier, crappies, epicarps, pericarp, praecipe, prepacks, preplace, recapped, scrapped, scrapper, scrapple.
	+3 letters: applecart, cartopper, catnapper, coappears, copperahs, crappiest, curlpaper, paperback, pericarps, pericopae, praecipes, prepacked, preplaced, preplaces, recapping, scrapheap, scrappage, scrappers, scrappier, scrapples, spaceport, uppercase.
	+4 letters: apocarpies, appearance, apperceive, applecarts, appreciate, apprentice, approached, approaches, carpophore, carpospore, cartoppers, catnappers, coappeared, copperases, copperhead, curlpapers, cypripedia, epigraphic, hyperspace, paperbacks, paraplegic, participle, perceptual, prepackage, prepacking, preplacing, recappable, scrapheaps, scrappages, scrappiest, spaceports, uppercased, uppercases.
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