Capper

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that caps or makes caps.
  • n. Informal Something that surpasses or completes what has gone before; a finishing touch or finale.
  • n. Slang One who acts as a decoy, as in a confidence game.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One that caps.
  • n. A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles.
  • n. A person that makes or sells caps.
  • n. A finale.
  • n. A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One whose business is to make or sell caps.
  • n. A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.
  • n. An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One whose business is the making or selling of caps.
  • n. A tool for fitting percussion-caps to shells.
  • n. A Scotch form of cupper, a cupbearer.
  • To seize; lay hold of violently: specifically, to seize (a vessel) as a prize.
  • n. A spider.
  • n. A stool-pigeon in a gambling-house, or a person employed at auctions to raise bids deceptively.
  • n. The workman who takes the filled molds away from a brick-machine.
  • Word Usage
    "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."
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    Words with the same meaning
    by-bidder   
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    clapper    dapper    flapper    knapper    napper    rapper    sapper    snapper    tapper    trapper   
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