Caper

Quick meaning: Caper is a noun meaning A playful leap or jump.

Meaning

A playful leap or jump.

More Meanings

1. A jump while dancing.
2. A prank or practical joke.
3. (usually in the plural) Playful behaviour.
4. (figuratively) A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.
5. To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.
6. To jump as part of a dance.
7. To engage in playful behaviour.

Example Sentences

The elusive 87-year-old author’s new book is a noir caper set during the big band era following a detective in search of a cheese heiress[.]

His caper had failed to find a comic resolution. Instead, there had been a genre switch, and the madcap adventure had turned serious. Or had this bleakness underlain the caper from the start?

He capered before them down towards the fortyfoot hole, fluttering his winglike hands, leaping nimbly, Mercury’s hat quivering in the fresh wind that bore back to them his brief birdsweet cries.

Word Forms

• capers
• capering
• capered

Synonyms for caper

Depending on context, synonyms include caperberry, antic, frolic, play, joke, job.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gambol, frolic, romp, play, antic, joke.

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