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caper
noun
1 caper
Any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis.
Polish: kapar
2 caper
Pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces.
Polish: kapar
3 caper
A crime (especially a robbery).
synonym: job.
4 caper
A playful leap or hop.
synonym: capriole.
Roget 309:
leap,
jump,
hop,
spring,
bound,
vault,
saltation†.
ance,
caper;
curvet,
caracole;
gambade†,
gambado†;
capriole,
demivolt†;
buck,
buck jump;
hop skip and jump;
falcade†.
kangaroo,
jerboa;
chamois,
goat,
frog,
grasshopper,
flea;
buckjumper†;
wallaby.
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Dutch: bokkensprong, capriool
5 caper
Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement.
synonyms: frolic, gambol, play, romp.
Dutch: stoeien, luchtsprong, stoeipartij
Polish: dokazywanie, swawola, figle, harce, psoty
6 caper
A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement.
synonyms: antic, joke, prank, put-on, trick.
Dutch: scherts, grol, mop, gekheid, grap, paskwil, poets, streek
Polish: gierka
verb
1 caper
Jump about playfully.
Roget 309:
leap;
jump up,
jump over the moon;
hop,
spring,
bound,
vault,
ramp,
cut capers,
trip,
skip,
dance,
caper;
buck,
buck jump;
curvet,
caracole;
foot it,
bob,
bounce,
flounce,
start;
frisk
etc.
(amusement)
840;
jump about
etc.
(agitation)
315;
trip it on the light fantastic toe,
trip the light fantastic,
dance oneself off one's legs,
dance off one's shoes.
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Roget 840:
amuse,
entertain,
divert,
enliven;
tickle the fancy;
titillate,
raise a smile,
put in good humor;
cause laughter,
create laughter,
occasion laughter,
raise laughter,
excite laughter,
produce laughter,
convulse with laughter;
set the table in a roar,
be the death of one.
recreate,
solace,
cheer,
rejoice;
please
etc.
829;
interest;
treat,
regale.
amuse oneself,
game;
play a game,
play pranks,
play tricks;
sport,
disport,
toy,
wanton,
revel,
junket,
feast,
carouse,
banquet,
make merry,
drown care;
drive dull care away;
frolic,
gambol,
frisk,
romp;
caper;
dance
etc.
(leap)
309;
keep up the ball;
run a rig,
sow one's wild oats,
have one's fling,
take one's pleasure;
paint the town red [Slang];
see life;
desipere in loco [Lat.],
play the fool.
make holiday,
keep holiday;
go a Maying.
while away the time,
beguile the time;
kill time,
dally.
smile,
simper,
smirk;
grin,
grin like a Cheshire cat;
mock,
laugh in one's sleeve;
laugh,
laugh outright;
giggle,
titter,
snigger,
crow,
snicker,
chuckle,
cackle;
burst out,
burst into a fit of laughter;
shout,
split,
roar.
shake one's sides,
split one's sides,
hold both one's sides;
roar with laughter,
die with laughter.
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Moby thesaurus: antic, beam, bob, bounce, burglary, capriole, caracole, carol, carry on, cavort, chirp, chirrup, clap hands, crime, curvet, cut a dido, cut capers, cut up, dance, delight, devilment, dido, disport, escapade, exult, falcade, filch, flounce, fool around, frisk, frolic, gambade, gambado, gambol, glory, glow, grab, heist, high jinks, hop, horse around, impishness, job, joy, jubilate, jump, jump about, lark, laugh, leap, lift, lilt, mischief, monkeyshine, monkeyshines, pinch, play, practical joke, prance, prank, radiate cheer, ramp, rejoice, revel, rip-off, robbery, roguery, rollick, romp, shenanigan, shenanigans, shines, sing, skip, skip for joy, smile, sparkle, sport, spring, steal, stunt, theft, tomfoolery, trick, trip, waggish trick, waggishness, whistle ... show more.
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