3 entries under this word
v. i. [Fr. se cabrer, to rear, to prance, of horses, to leap like a goat, from Lat. caper, a he-goat. Cf. CAPRIOLE.] To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to spring; to dance.
He capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth. Shak.
n. 1. A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump;—as in mirth or dancing. “Though he does not cut capers.” Addison. 2. (Naut.) A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, principally as a privateer. Wright.
n. [Fr. câpre, It. cappero, Sp. & Pg. alcaparra, Sp. Prov. Arag. caparra, D. kapper, Ger. kaper, Lat. capparis, cappari, Gr. κάππαρις, κάππαρις, Ar. & Per. al-kabar. The Skr. kaphārī is dried ginger, from kapha, phlegm, and ari, enemy, a remedy against phlegm.] (Bot.) The flower-bud or unexpanded flower of the caper-bush (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickling. London.