caper
/ˈkeɪpɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.86 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A prank or practical joke.
verb
To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.
Example Sentences
- "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?"
- "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[.]"
- "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."
- "Then up Jack got. And home did trot, As fast as he could caper; Dame Gill did the job, To plaster his nob, With vinegar and brown paper."
- "So, off we go, ever and anon capering along the streets at a speed which seems rather superfluous in those who have the whole day at their commandment, as Falstaff says."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: capparis, κάππαρις
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkeɪpɚ/
- British English: /ˈkeɪpə/