as in prank
a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke
long-ago college capers that have become more rollicking and daring with each recounting
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as in to romp
to play and run about happily
as summer drew to a close, the children spent their days wistfully capering on the beach
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Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
But of course, over the years, people have added numerous ingredients so that our pizzas are now decked with things like pepperoni, mushroom, sausage, bacon, onion, black olives, green and yellow peppers, anchovies, capers and more.
—Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2024
Mike Kupper, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
The plot dissolves into sheer lunacy (in both senses of the word), as the whole company comes out to caper in a park in the moonlight — ostensibly to frighten Falstaff, but really just for the unleashed joy of taking over a public space.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2021
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Noun
The dish was based on Salinas' personal recipe, featuring a generous portion of fish bathed in a spicy sauce peppered with capers and jalapeño chiles topped with crispy ribbons of tortilla strips.
—Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
But of course, over the years, people have added numerous ingredients so that our pizzas are now decked with things like pepperoni, mushroom, sausage, bacon, onion, black olives, green and yellow peppers, anchovies, capers and more.
—Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2024
Verb
Chapman persuaded Ford Motor Co. to fulfill his V-8 engine requirements and built the first of what were to become revolutionary Lotus-Fords, pencil-thin cars that looked like spiders capering through the turns.
—Mike Kupper, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
The plot dissolves into sheer lunacy (in both senses of the word), as the whole company comes out to caper in a park in the moonlight — ostensibly to frighten Falstaff, but really just for the unleashed joy of taking over a public space.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caper
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In Tapped Out, which is hosted by Nella Rose and has featured the likes of Love Island star Chloe Burrows, celebs are pushed to their limits with tricky prank challenges that feature chaotic twists.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
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Some of those difficulties were depicted in a recent exhibition of his paintings at Idyllwild Arts School in California, where among other painful incidents, he was left behind in freezing weather miles from home by his brother in a malicious prank.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
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More:Def Leppard, Journey and Steve Miller romp through five hours of rock sing-alongs Dave Mason is still moving forward Despite Mason’s journeyman career playing with musical greats, his personal life often took dark turns.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
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Glenn throttled Metzenbaum in the primary, with more than 56% of the vote, and romped in the general election over Cleveland’s Republican Mayor Ralph J. Perk.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 30 July 2024
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There are all of these very special tricks, flourishes, and touches, which are unique to them.Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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The trick was exploiting a Google invention called transformers to create astoundingly capable language models.Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
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Perhaps no one was more excited than her son, Michael, who danced in front of her during her 3-minute speech.Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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The bars have dancing Santas, string lights, mini Christmas trees and more.Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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As was the case with the season premiere, there’s an unfortunate and inevitable imbalance in this week’s episode between the scenes of Juliette’s adventures in Silo 17 and, well, everything else.Noel Murray, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2024
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Pull a hot air balloon, and you’re destined to live a life of adventure and travel.Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024
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One little girl who’d been watching the escapades online came in and asked to see her bear.Courtenay Rudzinski, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2024
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Eleven audience members walked out of the theater, nine during the opening scene, and one on-looker lost their lunch watching the latest escapades of series mascot Art the Clown, played by David Howard Thornton.Jack Dunn, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
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Then, the two stood on top of the horse and leapt off of it into their full dance routine.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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Xiaomi Auto leapt into the packed EV market only in March 2024, yet already has a hit on its hands with the SU7.Alistair Charlton, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
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The pair decided on $40,000 and then hopped in a car and drove to the bank to secure a loan.Cory Mull, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Or hop straight to the recipe and bask in the praise from your holiday-table guests.Scott Hocker, theweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Caper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caper. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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