caper
Meaning of caper
- skip or dance about in a lively or playful way.
children were capering about the room
- a playful skipping movement.
she did a little caper or dance
- an illicit or ridiculous activity or escapade.
I'm too old for this kind of caper
late 16th century: abbreviation of capriole.
noun- the cooked and pickled flower bud of a prickly southern European shrub, used to flavour food.
add capers and olives
- the shrub from which capers are taken.
late Middle English: from French câpres or Latin capparis, from Greek kapparis ; later interpreted as plural, hence the loss of the final -s in the 16th century.
Information about caper
- The plural form of caper is: capers.
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CatalanHyphenation of caper
ca-per
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- caper is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
caper synonyms
Meaning job:
Meaning capriole:
Meaning play:
Meaning antic:
Meaning move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce:
Meaning (of a person) move in a quick and lively way:
Meaning dance a jig:
Meaning skip or leap playfully; frolic:
Meaning jump or dance around excitedly:
Meaning (of a person) walk or move around with ostentatious, exaggerated movements:
Meaning jump or spring a long way, to a great height, or with great force:
Meaning (of a person) move by jumping on one foot:
Meaning push oneself off a surface and into the air by using the muscles in one's legs and feet:
Meaning walk or run with leaping strides:
Meaning move or jump suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards:
Meaning (of a horse) perform a series of jumps on the hind legs:
Meaning act or behave in a jovial and exuberant fashion:
Meaning a leap or bound, especially an exaggerated one:
Meaning an act or incident involving excitement, daring, or adventure:
Meaning prevent from growing or developing properly:
Meaning foolish, outrageous, or amusing behaviour:
Meaning playful misbehaviour, especially on the part of children:
Meaning an activity that one engages in for amusement or fun:
Meaning an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment:
Meaning enjoyment, amusement, or light-hearted pleasure:
Meaning a thing said or done for amusement; a joke:
Meaning the action of saying or doing something for amusement:
Meaning a practical joke:
Meaning secret or dishonest activity or manoeuvring:
Meaning a small ground-dwelling songbird with elongated hind claws and a song that is delivered on the wing, typically crested and with brown streaky plumage:
Meaning pass time by playing tricks or practical jokes; indulge in horseplay:
Meaning a mischievous trick or prank:
Anagrams of caper
carpe, crape, pacer, Perca, perca, recap
Words that rhyme with caper
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