capper

Meaning

  1. A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles.
  2. A person that makes or sells caps.
  3. A finale; something that is conclusively better, or "caps it all off".
  4. (slang) A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.

Synonyms

closing machine

dummy bidder

cap-maker

sealing machine

Translations

Etymology

In summary

From Middle English capper; equivalent to cap + -er.

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