capper
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈkæpər/
- Offensive
:
gatillero
- And when Lieberman made his objections to the Medicare buy-in provision known, then-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, a notorious political knee-capper, kept his cool.
Examples
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In the dark alley, they whispered about the infamous capper who left a trail of chaos behind him.
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After a long investigation, authorities identified the capper who was responsible for the recent gang violence.
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A warm capper to a life as an assassin.
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The police arrested the suspect, accusing him of being a notorious capper involved in multiple shootings.
Synonyms
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7.5
A person who shoots, often a skilled or professional shooter
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3.4
A person who illegally kills another person on purpose
520
3.6
A person who fires a gun, sometimes paid to kill others
350
7.4
A person who shoots at people from a hidden place, often in the military or police
183
4.8
A person who uses a gun to hurt or kill others
57
7.6
A person who criminals pay to kill someone
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9.6
A murderer who cuts and badly hurts people with a knife
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8.1
A person who is paid to kill someone, often with a gun
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6.1
A person who aims and fires weapons, often in the military or in contests
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8.7
A person who attacks others by cutting them with a sharp knife
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6.3
A person who hurts someone with a knife or other sharp object
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9.7
A person who uses a gun to kill people for money or on orders
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8.9
A person paid to kill someone
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9.1
A person who is paid to kill someone with a gun
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9.9
A young man who helps criminals and often carries a gun
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9.9
A person who uses a small gun, often a soldier
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8.3
A person who secretly kills an important person, often for money
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8.4
A woman who uses a gun, often to commit crimes
A person paid to kill or attack others
A person who kills men, often many of them
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
capper = cap (opaque) = cap + er
Although the form is cap + er, the slang meaning depends on a specialized verb sense of cap that is not recoverable for most learners.
Etymology
Capper in slang is best remembered from the verb cap ('to shoot' or 'kill'); a helpful way to remember this is to think of a gun 'cap' that makes a shot. So a slang capper is 'one who caps', meaning someone who shoots or kills.