capper

[ kap-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that caps. cap.
2. Also called topper. something that completes or adds to what has preceded it:

   The capper was that we didn't know each other after all.

3. Slang. an informer, especially for gamblers.
4. Slang. a by-bidder at an auction.

Word History and Origins

Origin of capper¹

1350–1400 (for sense “cap maker”); 1580–90 capper ( fordef 1 ); Middle English; cap ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Mr Owen recently met PC Logan and PC Capper at their base in St Asaph for the first time since the incident.

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Will Capper, from Winchester got a call from his partner Lauren on 1 August saying that "the manhole cover in the garden had started to overspill."

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Mr Capper said he made several calls to Southern Water, who sent out a contractor to have a look and offered to pay for accommodation that night.

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Mr Capper said he has had to pay for several nights in a hotel and deal with his insurance company.

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But the next day, Mr Capper said he was told by the company they were "sorry but it was no longer our problem."

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Related Words

• apex
• climax
• completion
• pinnacle