caper

[US]/ˈkeɪpə(r)/
[UK]/ˈkeɪpər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. skip with joy
n. a skip or jump, frolic, illegal activity

Phrases & Collocations

pull a caper

caper around

silly caper

Example Sentences

children were capering about the room.

she did a little caper or dance.

The children cut a caper in the yard.

a cop caper about intergalactic drug dealers.

capers are often used to garnish cocktail savouries.

The lambs were capering in the fields.

I’d like to know what caper he is up to now.

Synonyms PRANK, caper, dido(es), frolic, lark, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan,

On he capers, knock-kneed, curly-shoed, spindly-legged in awful black tights, like something out of the Beano!

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