capriole 1 of 2

noun

Definition of capriolenext
as in gambado

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capriole

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verb

as in to romp

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capriole
  1. romp
  2. caper
  3. attack
  4. skip
  5. gambol
  6. bounce
  7. frolic
  8. cavort
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of romp
Noun
  • When the caper drama was revived in summer 2021 as Freevee’s Leverage: Redemption, Hodge — as did co-stars Gina Bellman, Christian Kane and Beth Riesgraf — reprised his role from the TNT series.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The caper is as bubbly as an Aperol spritz on a hot Lake Como day, with Sandler and Aniston’s charm and comedic chemistry keeping the whodunit going.
    Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of caper
Verb
  • The Raiders, much like the Carolina Panthers this past Sunday, attacked the Chiefs’ biggest weakness: the left tackle position, the lineman responsible for protecting Mahomes’ blind side.
    Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Insurgents attacked a military airbase southeast of Aleppo with drones early Friday, destroying a helicopter, the Anadolu Agency reported.
    SARAH EL DEEB THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of attack
Noun
  • Take a hop and a skip outside the USA and find yourself in British Columbia at Whistler Blackcomb.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Anyone offended by an f-bomb—or dozens of them—might want to give this one a skip.
    Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of skip
Verb
  • Amongst the ornate grandeur of the state rooms and bedrooms, hung in with priceless tapestries and embroideries of gambolling classical Arcadian subjects and vast likenesses of Stuart kings and queens, her work is arresting at every turn.
    Sarah Mower, Vogue, 1 July 2024
  • For California’s governor, who loves gamboling on a national stage, the whole evening was a lark.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
Definition of gambol
Noun
  • As news of the potential $7 billion new company spread, Comcast stock saw a nice bounce in after hours trading.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The Sharks fell behind 1-0 on a bit of a fluky bounce in the Wild’s favor.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of bounce
Verb
  • After spending their summers in Alaska, humpbacks trek down to Mexico and Hawaii to give birth in subtropical waters, passing by gray whales who frolic off the California coast.
    Catherine Garcia, theweek, 25 Nov. 2024
  • That’s a Saint-Barth’s level of A-listers, flying and frolicking under the radar on these 40 or so islands – only eight of which are inhabited – in the Atlantic between the Bahamas and the island of Hispaniola.
    Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of frolic
Verb
  • The photos showed Beth cavorting with the 77-year-old queen, rubbing noses with King Charles, and even helping unveil a plaque at the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in 2020.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Celebrities regularly cavorted in Tramp, the glitzy nightclub that first made a splash in London’s Mayfair in 1969.
    Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of cavort
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