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capper

noun

ˈka-pər

Definition of capper

as in ending

the last part of a process or action the capper to the campaign rally was an appearance by the candidate himself

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as in clincher

something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming she was smart, she was pretty, but here's the capper—she was kind, unlike the other girls

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Recent Examples of capper This time — in his first victory since then — Clark closed with four birdies over five holes, including that short capper at 18. — CBS News, 25 May 2026 Lee’s mad dash was the rarest of quetzal feathers in an otherwise drab capper to the four-game series. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 15 May 2026 The skit, eh, sketch, gets a capper when Brennan returns to announce the arrival of an even bigger Someone Big. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026 That game was the capper to the big weekend that might have decided the rookie race. — Schuyler Dixon, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for capper

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Noun

Even people who like the film will leave yowling at the ending.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
But even though that conclusion would be many times less schmaltzy than the actual film’s ending, Ishiguro won’t give it to us.

— Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of ending

Noun

Mesa hit a go-ahead, tiebreaking two-run homer off Fried in the ALDS clincher.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
This group ended Milwaukee’s 12-game road postseason losing streak since 2018 with the clincher in San Diego, executing nearly flawlessly in the process.

— Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of clincher

Noun

The video featured resistance training combos, like squats paired with overhead dumbbell presses, and another including skull crushers with a barbell and reverse crunches.

— Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Qatar did the same for reckless driving two years ago, feeding a Toyota Supra into a car crusher after its driver was filmed doing donuts on a highway.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of crusher

Noun

Swap the throw pillows, drape a blanket over worn spots, add a slipcover or washable topper and change out the rug, curtains or lighting around it.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
Slipcovers and sofa toppers move from utilitarian to design-forward.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of topper

Noun

White’s lyrics are bittersweet pinpricks, his keening vocals already in mourning of childhood’s end—of responsibility, of bathing yourself, in so many words, knowledge of death.

— Ryan Meehan, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
The opening on the opposite side of the dish room is not finished and has metal wall studs and sheet rock ends exposed.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

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