Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that caps or makes caps.
- noun Informal Something that surpasses or completes what has gone before; a finishing touch or finale.
- noun Slang One who acts as a decoy, as in a confidence game.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To seize; lay hold of violently: specifically, to seize (a vessel) as a prize.
- noun One whose business is the making or selling of caps.
- noun A tool for fitting percussion-caps to shells.
- noun A spider.
- noun A stool-pigeon in a gambling-house, or a person employed at auctions to raise bids deceptively.
- noun A Scotch form of
cupper , a cupbearer. - noun The workman who takes the filled molds away from a brick-machine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One whose business is to make or sell caps.
- noun Slang, U. S. A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.
- noun An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One that caps.
- noun A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles.
- noun A person that makes or sells caps.
- noun A
finale . - noun US, slang, dated A by-bidder; a
decoy forgamblers .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The capper is a 7-yard pass to Wes Welker, putting New England up early, and planting that seed of doubt into the minds of Broncos fans.
New England Patriots 45 Denver Broncos 10 - as it happened! 2012
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The capper is a deposition that was given by the cameraman for the footage some years ago.
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The capper is a call that Jimmy says he made to Johnny at home that night because “Greenberg was a meatpacker who was treating him like a piece of dirt.”
The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns Alan C. Greenberg 2010
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The capper is a call that Jimmy says he made to Johnny at home that night because “Greenberg was a meatpacker who was treating him like a piece of dirt.”
The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns Alan C. Greenberg 2010
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The capper is a deposition that was given by the cameraman for the footage some years ago.
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And the capper is the whole "never admit fault" attitude that seems to permeate the Blogger/Google organization.
I hate Blogger. Ann Althouse 2007
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When they report that over 7 million unique users log in to HH every month, that to me is still questionable but also more significant -- and the capper is the ultimate commercial quantification, that they report unaudited over $30M in revenue last year.
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"Yes; what the gamblers call a capper, or roper-in."
Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter Lawrence L. Lynch
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They were, respectively, "Doc" Curfoot -- suave haunter of Peacock Alley and gentleman "capper" -- whom Brandes introduced as the celebrated specialist, Doctor Elbert Curfoot -- and Captain Harman
The Dark Star William Dodge Stevens 1899
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The capper was a series of stories about his relationship with a former Penthouse Pet who now works at a St. Louis bartender.
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