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caper

1. ca.per \'ka--p*r\ n [back-formation fr. earlier capers (taken as a 
   plural), fr. ME caperis], fr. L capparis, fr. Gk kapparis 1: any of a genus 
   (Capparis of the family Capparidaceae, the caper fa mily) of low prickly 
   shrubs of the Mediterranean region; esp : one (C. spinosa) cultivated for 
   its buds 2: one of the greenish flower buds or young berries of the caper 
   picked for  use as a relish
2. caper \-p(*-)rin\ vi or ca.per.ing [prob. by shortening & alter. fr. 
   capriole] : to leap about in a gay frolicsome way : PRANCE 
3. caper n 1: a gay bounding leap  2: a capricious escapade